5. [38.] V Because justification is the renovation of the spirit of the mind; and because Christ dwells in those who are justified, or the justified are as branches in the vine, as is read in what was adduced before, therefore this follows.
[39.] That we are not only reputed, but are truly called, and are just, receiving justice within us, each one according to his own measure, which the Holy Spirit distributes to everyone as he wills, and according to each one's proper disposition and cooperation. (Sess. VI., Jan. 13, 1547, Chap. 7, sec. 2.)
[40.] If anyone saith, that the good works of one that is justified are thus the gifts of God, that they are not also the good merits of him that is justified; or that the said justified, by the good works which he performs through the grace of God and the merit of Jesus Christ, whose living member he is, does not truly merit; let him be accursed. (Can. 32, p. 76.)
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