A40370:256
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
Book 1 › The Objection of Osorius is Answered, where the Imitation of Christ… › Answer.
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.
Answer.
What do I hear? Are then all the promises of God referred to this? That there is no hope of Righteousness, no 1way of Salvation, no reconciliation for us, nor remission of Sins, unless the Law be kept? And where then is that peace with God, which 2the Apostle Preaches: Being justified by Faith, we have peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ? Where is that access to the Throne with boldness? Where is the hope of Glory, Happiness, the Blessing, the Inheritance of Eternal Life, according to promise; if these good things come no otherways, as you suppose, but by a Covenant of Life, which no spot of Sin defiles? What, hath your profession of God received this Gospel from the teachings of the Apostles, or from the opinion of Plato? It is ⟨p. 150⟩therefore of Faith, Saith Paul, that the promise may be firm according to Grace. But what way is it firm, if it is of Works upon any account? Or how is it of Faith, if you confine all the Promises of God to the Law of Righteousness, which may confirm the minds of all men, with a sure hope of Righteousness, as you say? Or what will that assurance of Righteousness be, if you with the Tridentine and Jesuitical Jebusites detaining us in a doubtful wavering of hope, take aways all encouragement of good hope?
What do I hear? Are then all the promises of God referred to this? That there is no hope of Righteousness, no 1way of Salvation, no reconciliation for us, nor remission of Sins, unless the Law be kept? And where then is that peace with God, which