A40370:646
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.
What is coming to Christ, but believing? What is it to be eased or refreshed, but to be justified? Though indeed he calls all, and despises none, that come 1to him: Yet so it comes to pass for the most part, that none come to Christ as they ought, unless they be pressed and burdened under the sense of their Sin and Misery. And again, that Heavenly Physician is seldom sent unto any others, but such: As the Prophet bears witness, who making a particular description of those, to whom Christ was to be sent, he sets before us the meek, the broken in Heart, the Captives, the Prisoners, the Mourners in Zion, them that are walking in Darkness, and sitting in the shadow of Death, &c. And the Psalmist speaks much to the 2same purpose, Ps. 107. describing the Mercy of God on this manner. He filleth the hungry Soul with goodness, and such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of Death, being bound in Affliction and Iron. Though he being sent by the Father, is given ⟨p. 368⟩to all, yet he is not entertained by all with the like Affection.
What is coming to Christ, but believing? What is it to be eased or refreshed, but to be justified? Though indeed he calls all, and despises none, that come 1to him: Yet so it comes to pass for the most part, that none come to Christ as they ought, unless they be pressed and burdened under the sense of their Sin and Misery. And again, that Heavenly Physician is seldom sent unto any others, but such: As the Prophet bears witness, who making a particular description of those, to whom Christ was to be sent, he sets before us the meek, the broken in Heart, the Captives, the Prisoners, the Mourners in Sion, them that are walking in Darkness, and sitting in the shadow of Death, &c. And the Psalmist speaks much to the 2same purpose, Ps. 107. describing the Mercy of God on this manner. He filleth the hungry Soul with goodness, and such as sit in darkness, and in the shadow of Death, being bound in Affliction and Iron. Though he being sent by the Father, is given