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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 2 › Not every Faith Justifies.Book 2 › Not every Faith Iustifies.
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.
BUT What I just now said of 1Hope, the same also again must be said of Faith, that it must be true and right, and not only that it must be great. For every Faith doth not avail for Justification, because there are ⟨p. 278⟩many and divers kinds of believing: First there is a Faith, whereby we both know that God is; and fear him: and the Devils themselves are not without this Faith. There is another Faith whereby we believe God and give certain credit to his promises. The Schoolmen add unto these a third kind of believing, whereby we are said to believe in God. And this Faith they divide variously into a formed and formless Faith: into an habitual and actual faith. There is also a faith, that is often taken for hope, and so defined: As in the Epistle to the 2Hebrews: Where Faith is called the substance of things not seen, but hoped for, and the evidence of things not appearing, but future.
BUT What I just now said of 1Hope, the same also again must be said of Faith, that it must be true and right, and not only that it must be great. For every Faith doth not avail for Iustification, because there are ⟨p. 278⟩