A40370:275
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.
Mi. All the Faithful according to the promise of God, walk in his precepts, and perform them, because God promises nothing, but what he can and will perform.
Concl. Therefore, according to the promise of God nothing hinders, but Believers may be perfect here, who are capacitated to live without sin.
That I may answer the Argument, it is a Sophistical Argument from secundum quid, to simpliciter, because in the Major those are called perfect, who walk in the Precepts of the Lord, and frame their life according to them: it is true in them who simply and perfectly perform all those things, which are commanded in the Law, according to that perfection which is requisite. According to which Rule, if the