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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 3 › Another Argument taken from the words of Christ, Matth. 25. › Answer.
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.
As there is nothing more sure than the Words of Peter, in which he affirms, that Christ is appointed 1Judge of the Living and the Dead, so also that is a truth, which is asserted by Paul: That we must all appear before his Judgment Seat, who will render to every Man according to that, which he hath done, whether Good or Evil.
As there is nothing more sure than the Words of Peter, in which he affirms, that Christ is appointed 1Iudge of the Living and the Dead, so also that is a truth, which is asserted by Paul: That we must all appear before his Iudgment Seat, who will render to every Man according to that, which he hath done, whether Good or Evil.
Therefore you say, Not Faith but Works do justify, which are the procuring cause either of Salvation or Destruction. But this is not the consequence of the Words of the Apostle, nor the sense of that Scripture. But, if we Reason according to the mind of the Holy Ghost in these places of Scripture, we must rather draw these consequences from them. Seeing such a Judgment is approaching, as will bring every one to render an account of their Lives, therefore no Man should flatter himself with hopes, that any of his offences either in words or deeds will go unpunished, but every Man should so frame his Life, that Faith and Holiness may be jointly united together, and not separated from one another.
Therefore you say, Not Faith but Works do justifie, which are the procuring cause either of Salvation or Destruction. But this is not the consequence of the Words of the Apostle, nor the sense of that Scripture. But, if we Reason according to the mind of the Holy Ghost in these places of Scripture, we must rather draw these consequences from them. Seeing such a Iudgment is approaching, as will bring every one to render an account of their Lives, therefore no Man should flatter himself with hopes, that any of his offences either in words or deeds will go unpunished, but every Man should so frame his Life, that Faith and Holiness may be jointly united together, and not separated from one another.