The Spirit And Sons

Quotquot enim spiritu Deu aguntur, hi filii sunt Dei Plus est agi quem regi. Qui enim regitur aliquid agit: et ideo regitur, ut recte agat. Qui autem agitur agere ipse aliquid vix intelligitur. Et tamen tantum praestat voluntatibus nostris gratia Salvatoris, ut non dubite Apostolus dicere. Quotquot spiritu Dei aguntur, hi filii sunt Dei. Aguntur quippe filii Dei, ut quod agendum est agant; et cum egerint, illi a quo aguntur, gratias againt, quia sicut agendum est illud agant, id est cum delectatione et dilectione justitiae, et suavitatem quam dedit Dominus, ut terra ejus dare fructum suum, ab eo se accepise guadeant. Nomen enim adjutoris praescribit agenti, quia et ipse aliquid agit. Filii ergo Dei sunt, quicunque aguntur spiritu, non littera, non lege praecipente, minante, promittente, sed spiritu excitante, illuminante, adjuvante. Guillelmus S Theodorici Abbas, Expositio In Epistolam Ad Romanos, Liber VIII, Caput XIV Source: Migne PG 180.631a-b

As many as are led by the Spirit of God, are sons of God. 1 It is better to be led than ruled. For he who is ruled does something and is ruled so that he might do it correctly. But he who is led does something he scarcely can grasp. But this can only be with the grace of the Saviour in our wills, so that the Apostle does not hesitate to say, 'As many as are led by the Spirit of God, are sons of God.' Certainly the sons of God are led so that they do what they should, and when they have done they give thanks to the one who led them, because as it should be done so they have done, that is, with delight and a love of righteousness, 'and the Lord gave such sweetness that His earth gave forth its fruits,' 2 from whom receiving it they rejoice. And He is named as a helper in the deed, because He himself acts. Therefore the sons of God are any of those who are led by the Spirit, who are not commanded by the letter and the law, nor threatened or given promises, but roused by the Spirit, and illuminated by Him and helped by Him. William of St Thierry, Commentary on Saint Paul's Letter to the Romans, Book 7, Chapter 14 1 Rom 8.14 2 Ps 84.13