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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
Book 1 › How Christ takes away Sins: With an Answer to the Objections of Oso… › Objection.
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.
Objection.
But how, say you, is Sin taken out of the World, If the Corruption of Sin yet does reign in the Saints?
Answer.
I will tell you briefly, to wit, after the very same manner that the death of Christ hath driven […] from our necks, and yet we dye. The same comes to pass in the destroying ⟨p. 189⟩of sin, that being freed from Sin by Christ, yet we are not without sin, for these two things come always together, being tied to one another by a very near connection. That where sin is, there by necessary consequence 1death follows; wherefore if the flesh is yet held in bonds by the cruelty of death, by the same reason it is proved, that the relics of sin remain also in the flesh. But now where is then that righteousness which Christ hath purchased for us? Would you know, O Osorius? where our life is, there is also our righteousness. Not in this flesh which we put off, but in that body which we shall in due time put on uncorrupted. For such are all the benefits of Christ purchased for us, that the promise of them being showed afar off, as of old the Holy Land to the Hebrews, it is apprehended by Faith, and the Spirit in this life, but the full possession belongs only peculiarly and in the whole to the other life.