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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.
That it is an excellent state of mind conformed by the Divine Law, founded 1upon Divine Prescription, free from all wickedness, and coming near in its resemblance to the Divine Nature, &C. And indeed in that state we were Created in the beginning. But we have lost it long since, neither are we yet perfectly restored, but we shall be restored at length by the Divine power and bounty of Christ, on the day that this our corruption shall put on incorruption, and this mortal body shall rise again to immortality. In which state of 2Resurrection we believe with Augustin, that we shall fulfil Righteousness, that is, we shall have complete Righteousness. In Comparison of that Resurrection, saith he, the whole life, that we now live is but dung, &c. And where now is that excellent habit of mind, coming so near in its resemblance to the Divine Nature? Where is that constant equity of reason, and moderation of mind free from all sin? Or what do you think ⟨p. 92⟩of this life, which Isaiah calls a menstruous cloth, and Augustin 3calls dung, if it be compared with that which is true Righteousness.
That it is an excellent state of mind conformed by the Divine Law, founded 1upon Divine Prescription, free from all wickedness, and coming near in its resemblance to the Divine Nature, &C. And indeed in that state we were Created in the beginning. But we have lost it long since, neither are we yet perfectly restored, but we shall be restored at length by the Divine power and bounty of Christ, on the day that this our corruption shall put on incorruption, and this mortal body shall rise again to immortality. In which state of 2Resurrection we believe with Augustin, that we shall fulfill Righteousness, that is, we shall have compleat Righteousness. In Comparison of that Resurrection, saith he, the whole life, that we now live is but dung, &c. And where now is that excellent habit of mind, coming so near in its resemblance to the Divine Nature? Where is that constant equity of reason, and moderation of mind free from all sin? Or what do you think