Faith is the virtue by which, clinging-to the faithfulness of God, we lean upon him, so that we may obtain what he gives to us.
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The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin.
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The will of God is single and totally one in Him.
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In the exercise of God's efficiency, the decree of God comes first. This manner of working is the most perfect of all and notably agrees with the divine nature.
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Although the whole man partakes of this grace, it is first and most appropriately in the soul and later progresses to the body, inasmuch as the body of the man is capable of the same obedience to the will of God as the soul.
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The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.
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