Part III, Article VII. Of the Keys.
1] The keys
are an office and power given by Christ to the Church for binding
and loosing sin, not only the gross and well-known sins, but
also the subtle, hidden, which are known only to God, as it
is written in
Ps. 19:13:
Who can understand his errors?
And in
Rom. 7:25 St. Paul himself complains
that with the
flesh he serves the law of sin.
2] For it is not
in our power, but belongs to God alone, to judge which, how
great, and how many the sins are, as it is written in
Ps. 143:2:
Enter not into judgment with Thy servant; for in Thy sight
shall no man living be justified.
3] And Paul says,
1 Cor. 4:4:
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby
justified.
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