Work apart from devotion or love of God is helpless and cannot stand alone.
Through selfless work love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace...
But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave...
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice and were indulged not only with impunity but authorized by the sanction of their laws.