A40370:449
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.
There are indeed, because they 1are Righteous; but there were no Merits, that they might be Righteous. For they were made Righteous ⟨p. 244⟩when they were justified, &c. 2Therefore they were not made Righteous by Merits, if we believe Augustin, but Merits proceed from the Just: By which you may understand, that a Person is not valued by the Dignity of his Works or his Grace; but that the Dignity of Merits receives its value from the Justified Person. Wherefore seeing Men are not made Righteous by Merits, as Augustin witnesseth, but Merits receive their Virtue and Dignity from the Justified, it easily appears from hence, what should be judged of reward by way of Merit. For if after the like manner it be asked, whether there is no reward of the Saints in Heaven: that which Augustin answers concerning the Merits of the Righteous, the same do I also acknowledge concerning the reward of the Saints, that the Saints want not a reward, and that a large 3one in the Heavens. For they who are Holy. a Reward shall be appointed for them, not for the Works themselves, because they are Holy, but because they that work are Holy.
There are indeed, because they 1are Righteous; but there were no Merits, that they might be Righteous. For they were made Righteous ⟨p. 244⟩when they were justified, &c. 2Therefore they were not made Righteous by Merits, if we believe Augustin, but Merits proceed from the Iust: By which you may understand, that a Person is not valued by the Dignity of his Works or his Grace; but that the Diginity of Merits receives its value from the Iustified Person. Wherefore seeing Men are not made Righteous by Merits, as Augustin witnesseth, but Merits receive their Virtue and Dignity from the Iustified, it easily appears from hence, what should be judged of reward by way of Merit. For if after the like manner it be asked, whether there is no reward of the Saints in Heaven: that which Augustin answers concerning the Merits of the Righteous, the same do I also acknowledge concerning the reward of the Saints, that the Saints want not a reward, and that a large