A40370:590
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.
In what times hath the love (if not of all, at least of most Men) waxed so cold? It is needless here to complain of the vulgar. This complaint chiefly concerns those that sit in the Chair of Hierarchy, and are employed in Ecclesiastical Functions, and I wish there were […] as just cause thereof, as we see in most of […]. But perhaps they will defend themselves […] the example of the Pharisees: Of whom […] is said, that they sat in the Chair of Moses, […] taught that which was true, though they […] not act according to what they taught. And indeed, the Example whereunto they compare themselves, would please me well […] unless I judged them to be worse then […] Pharisees of those days: For though the ⟨p. 335⟩lives of those Men are Condemned, yet their manner of Doctrine was not so contrary to Divine Institutions; but the case is otherways with them: For not only their lives are far from that Righteousness which they teach, but their Doctrine also concerning this Righteousness, and many other things is without any Foundation from Scripture.
In what times hath the love (if not of all, at least of most Men) waxed so cold? It is needless here to complain of the vulgar. This complaint chiefly concerns those that sit in the Chair of Hierarchy, and are employed in Ecclesiastical Functions, and I wish there were 〈…〉 as just cause thereof, as we see in most of 〈…〉. But perhaps they will defend themselves 〈…〉 the example of the Pharisees: Of whom 〈…〉 is said, that they sat in the Chair of Moses, 〈…〉 taught that which was true, though they 〈…〉 not act according to what they taught. And indeed, the Example whereunto they compare themselves, would please me well 〈…〉 unless I judged them to be worse then 〈…〉 Pharisees of those days: For though the ⟨p. 335⟩lives of those Men are Condemned, yet their manner of Doctrine was not so contrary to Divine Institutions; but the case is otherways with them: For not only their lives are far from that Righteousness which they teach, but their Doctrine also concerning this Righteousness, and many other things is without any Foundation from Scripture.