A40370:438
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.
except that this only difference is between them, and the Ancient Philosophers, that these do palliate with the name of Grace, and Faith in words, at least in some manner, but in reality, as touching the signification of the word Grace, or the force of the word Faith, they seem to be so very blind, as if they had read Paul little, or at least had not at all understood him. I do not rail at the men themselves, 1whom I rather account worthy of pity, but it is not at all convenient to endure the Errors of men, because they cast no small blot upon Religion, and are injurious to Christ, and do violence to Paul, overthrow the simplicity of the Christian Faith; moreover they adulterate all the sincerity of Evangelical Doctrine with their Niceties, ⟨p. 235⟩and after a certain manner subdue it unto humane Philosophy. Which that it may appear the more evidently to the Minds and Eyes of beholders, let it not be tedious to you to hearken a while, first what Divine Truth, and then what Humane Opinions teach us.
except that this only difference is between them, and the Antient Philosophers, that these do palliate with the name of Grace, and Faith in words, at least in some manner, but in reality, as touching the signification of the word Grace, or the force of the word Faith, they seem to be so very blind, as if they had read Paul little, or at least had not at all understood him. I do not rail at the men themselves, 1whom I rather account worthy of pity, but it is not at all convenient to endure the Errours of men, because they cast no small blot upon Religion, and are injurious to Christ, and do violence to Paul, overthrow the simplicity of the Christian Faith; moreover they adulterate all the sincerity of Evangelical Doctrine with their Niceties, ⟨p. 235⟩and after a certain manner subdue it unto humane Philosophy. Which that it may appear the more evidently to the Minds and Eyes of beholders, let it not be tedious to you to hearken a while, first what Divine Truth, and then what Humane Opinions teach us.
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