A40370:599
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.
But wherefore is it, that we are commanded, to suffer him, that takes away our Coat, to have our Cloak also: And when any Man strikes us on the one Cheek, to turn to him the other, to give him that asketh, and not to withdraw from him that would borrow of you, to love our Enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to pray for them that persecute us, and despitefully use us. Perhaps such a one, as performs all these things, may be found in the Family of the Catholics: Verily Hierom could not find so rare a bird, as he speaks, amongst all that he knew. Now if we that are Christians, are commanded by God to pray for them that persecute us: ⟨p. 341⟩What will become of those, that are so enraged with a Spirit of Persecution towards the Innocent Servants of Christ, and cause so great Slaughters, Tumults, Conflagrations, and Murders, such dreadful Tragedies, and mischiefs every where amongst the People of the Lord? By whose implacable fury and outrage so much Christian Blood has hitherto been shed. And yet after all these abominable cruelties, How comes it that the ringleaders of them, and chiefest incendiaries, are not ashamed to talk in their Councils of the perfection of Righteousness, and of Grace, and Charity, which is the fulfilling of the Law?
But wherefore is it, that we are commanded, to suffer him, that takes away our Coat, to have our Cloak also: And when any Man strikes us on the one Cheek, to turn to him the other, to give him that asketh, and not to withdraw from him that would borrow of you, to love our Enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to pray for them that persecute us, and despitefully use us. Perhaps such a one, as performs all these things, may be found in the Family of the Catholicks: Verily Hierom could not find so rare a bird, as he speaks, amongst all that he knew. Now if we that are Christians, are commanded by God to pray for them that persecute us: ⟨p. 341⟩What will become of those, that are so enraged with a Spirit of Persecution towards the Innocent Servants of Christ, and cause so great Slaughters, Tumults, Conflagrations, and Murders, such dreadful Tragedies, and mischiefs every where amongst the People of the Lord? By whose implacable fury and outrage so much Christian Blood has hitherto been shed. And yet after all these abominable cruelties, How comes it that the ringleaders of them, and chiefest incendiaries, are not ashamed to talk in their Councils of the perfection of Righteousness, and of Grace, and Charity, which is the fulfilling of the Law?