A40370:1022
Of free justification
Of free justification by Christ written first in Latin by John Fox, author of the Book of martyrs, against Osorius, &c. and now translated into English, for the benefit of those who love their own souls, and would not be mistaken in so great a point.Of free justification by Christ written first in Latine by John Fox, author of the Book of martyrs, against Osorius, &c. and now translated into English, for the benefit of those who love their own souls, and would not be mistaken in so great a point.
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1694
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Yet it must be considered what 1manner of Union this is, and of how large an extent: for Faith and Charity have that wherein they are of necessity united. And they have that also, wherein they must of necessity be separated. Where we deal with God about Salvation, Justification, and the Expiation of sins, here Faith only without Works is powerful and overcomes. But in dealings with men in the Lives of the Justified, in popular duties, in the exercise of Virtue, there is a very near Union between Faith and Virtue, of which the one cannot consist without the other. Therefore these things should be measured by their own bounds, that we may attribute unto Faith its due, and to Works their 2due, and unto both that which is meet. For as that poisonous Error of Eunomius should be abhorred, who is reported to have been so great an Enemy to godly works, that he thought it was not a matter of any concernment how any man led his life: So also great care should be taken, lest in shunning the Scylla of Eunomius, we fall upon the other Charybdis of the Papists, which is no less pernicious, being mis-led by the Popish Doctors, who make such a confused Union between Faith and Works, that neither Faith without Works, nor Works without Faith procure Justification.
Yet it must be considered what 1manner of Union this is, and of how large an extent: for Faith and Charity have that wherein they are of necessity united. And they have that also, wherein they must of necessity be separated. Where we deal with God about Salvation, Iustification, and the Expiation of sins, here Faith only without Works is powerful and overcomes. But in dealings with men in the Lives of the Iustified, in popular duties, in the exercise of Vertue, there is a very near Union between Faith and Vertue, of which the one cannot consist without the other. Therefore these things should be measured by their own bounds, that we may attribute unto Faith its due, and to Works their 2due, and unto both that which is meet. For as that poisonous Errour of Eunomius should be abhorred, who is reported to have been so great an Enemy to godly works, that he thought it was not a matter of any concernment how any man led his life: So also great care should be taken, lest in shunning the Soylla of Eunomius, we fall upon the other Carybdis of the Papists, which is no less pernicious, being mis-led by the Popish Doctors, who make such a confused Union between Faith and Works, that neither Faith without Works, nor Works without Faith procure Iustification.