A40370:601
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.
Hereby ye do see, O ye Fathers of Trent, what the Doctrine of Christian Righteousness requires of you. Therefore weigh your selves in this balance, and frame your Life according to these Rules of Perfection, who make so much ado in pleading for inherent Righteousness, and the merit of Works, and are not willing to be justified by remission only. Therefore let the 1Pope cast away these vanities of high flown Pride, these Bulls, and vain Titles, and these Royal and more than Royal Dignities of St. Peter, which do not at all agree with the Spirit of Gospel-Renovation. Let the Cardinals, if they be Church-men, cast off this Pomp and Magnificence, which they take possession of beyond the bounds of their calling. But if they be secular Men, let them behave themselves with greater moderation in secular Affairs.
Hereby ye do see, O ye Fathers of Trent, what the Doctrine of Christian Righteousness requires of you. Therefore weigh your selves in this balance, and frame your Life according to these Rules of Perfection, who make so much ado in pleading for inherent Righteousness, and the merit of Works, and are not willing to be justified by remission only. Therefore let the 1Pope cast away these vanities of high flown Pride, these Bulls, and vain Titles, and these Royal and more than Royal Dignites of St. Peter, which do not at all agree with the Spirit of Gospel-Renovation. Let the Cardinals, if they be Church-men, cast off this Pomp and Magnificense, which they take possession of beyond the bounds of their calling. But if they be secular Men, let them behave themselves with greater moderation in secular Affairs.
- 1Popes. Cardinals.
If the Bishops, Arch-bishops, and their Colleagues, the Abbots, and the Church governors 1