A40370:147
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.
An example may be conveniently taken from him, whom being Wounded, the Samaritan, cap. 10. Luc. doth not suddenly cure, but first pours Wine into his Wounds, washes off the Blood, afterwards he adds Oil, that he may mitigate the grief, and the Wound may begin to cleave together: Afterwards the Wound being bound up, he puts the Sick-man upon the Beast, and afterwards commands him to be cured in the Inn. Just so Christ suffering the punishment of our Sins in his Body, by remission immediately takes away the guilt from us, pouring into our Wounds the gladdening Oil of the Gospel, joined together with the Wine of serious Repentance; whereby whatsoever is deadly in the Wounds, is washed away with a health restoring Pardon: But the Wounds are not yet altogether healed. But health will be complete in Eternal Life. In the interim he will have diseases cured in the Church by Godly Exercises, the Cross, and constant Prayer. Briefly, if those Men desire to know what that is, which Christ hath abolished in us by 1his Death, I will say it in a word.
An example may be conveniently taken from him, whom being Wounded, the Samaritan, cap. 10. Luc. doth not suddainly cure, but first pours Wine into his Wounds, washes off the Blood, afterwards he adds Oyl, that he may mitigate the grief, and the Wound may begin to cleave together: Afterwards the Wound being bound up, he puts the Sick-man upon the Beast, and afterwards commands him to be cured in the Inn. Iust so Christ suffering the punishment of our Sins in his Body, by remission immediately takes away the guilt from us, pouring into our Wounds the gladning Oyl of the Gospel, joined together with the Wine of serious Repentance; whereby whatsoever is deadly in the Wounds, is washed away with a health restoring Pardon: But the Wounds are not yet altogether healed. But health will be compleat in Eternal Life. In the interim he will have diseases cured in the Church by Godly Exercises, the Cross, and constant Prayer. Briefly, if those Men desire to know what that is, which Christ hath abolished in us by 1his Death, I will say it in a word.
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