Last Judgment (Post) (Rogers) n. 209

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209. [211.] 71. This much is true, that anyone who affirms in himself faith alone, both in doctrine and in life, cannot be reformed and thus saved-namely, one who, when in the world, entertained the thought that, "Since I am justified by faith, no shred of evil condemns me, because it is not imputed, and no particle of good saves me," and who consequently banishes from his thinking any reflection on the evil or goodness of life in him, and, if he does discern them, does not care about them, as matters of no consequence to his salvation. Such spirits exist, who cannot be reformed, for they continue the same thoughts after death.


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