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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 › Concerning Faith and Assurance, and what is the proper Object of Fa… › A Question.
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.
Whether only reliance on Mercy justifies of it self?
Whether only relyance on Mercy justifies of it self?
Verily as for my part I am not, 1nor ever was the man that would be, prejudicial to another man's Opinion: I allow that every man should be persuaded in his own mind; I hinder it not. But if I am permitted freely to profess in a free Church, what my Opinion is, my reason leads me to think that this reliance on Mercy, and assurance of Salvation promised, must be a thing very nearly joined with Faith, and which every man ought to apply to himself; but then when it is most applied, it is not that which properly and absolutely unloads us of our sins, and justifies us before God; but that there is some other thing proposed in Gospel, which by Nature should in some respect go before this assurance, and justify us in the sight of God. For Faith in the person of the Son, which reconciles us to God, doth necessarily go before. And then reliance on most assured Mercy follows this Faith, concerning which none of those that believe in Christ can doubt.
Verily as for my part I am not, 1nor ever was the man that would be, prejudicial to another man's Opinion: I allow that every man should be persuaded in his own mind; I hinder it not. But if I am permitted freely to profess in a free Church, what my Opinion is, my reason leads me to think that this relyance on Mercy, and assurance of Salvation promised, must be a thing very nearly joyned with Faith, and which every man ought to apply to himself; but then when it is most applied, it is not that which properly and absolutely unloads us of our sins, and justifies us before God; but that there is some other thing proposed in Gospel, which by Nature should in some respect go before this assurance, and justifie us in the sight of God. For Faith in the person of the Son, which reconciles us to God, doth necessarily go before. And then relyance on most assured Mercy follows this Faith, concerning which none of those that believe in Christ can doubt.