A40370:291
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.
Moreover there is another thing, that must not be passed by in this place, that the same Augustine writing to Hierom (in the 29th Epistle,) saith, Charity 1is a Virtue, whereby that 2which should be beloved, is beloved. This in some is greater, in others lesser, in others none at all. But the fullest that cannot be increased, as long as Man lives here, is in no Man. But as long as it can be increased, verily that which is less, than it ought to be, is faulty; by reason of which default, there is not a just Man ⟨p. 164⟩upon the Earth, that doth good, and sinneth not: Because of which default no Man living shall be justified in the sight of God. By reason of which viciousness, if we say that we have not sin we deceive our selves, and the Truth is not in us, because of which, how much soever we have 3profited, it is necessary for us to say, For give us our debts.
Moreover there is another thing, that must not be paffed by in this place, that the same Augustine writing to Hierom (in the 29th Epistle,) saith, Charity 1is a Vertue, whereby that 2which should be beloved, is beloved. This in some is greater, in others lesser, in others none at all. But the fullest that cannot be increased, as long as Man lives here, is in no Man. But as long as it can be increased, verily that which is less, than it ought to be, is faulty; by reason of which default, there is not a just Man ⟨p. 164⟩upon the Earth, that doth good, and sinneth not: Because of which default no Man living shall be justified in the sight of God. By reason of which viciousness, if we say that we have not sin we deceive our selves, and the Truth is not in us, because of which, how much soever we have 3