A40370:768
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.
First; Those that are in Christ, being united unto him by Faith, the Judgment of God uses to begin with them in this Life. As touching the Life to come, the Lord hath made this Promise concerning every Believer; He shall not come into Judgment, but hath passed from Death to Life.1
First; Those that are in Christ, being united unto him by Faith, the Iudgment of God uses to begin with them in this Life. As touching the Life to come, the Lord hath made this Promise concerning every Believer; He shall not come into Iudgment, but hath passed from Death to Life.1
Secondly; Suppose we grant, that the Elect of God shall be called to Judgment, the account that they shall then make, will be very easy, who have Christ for their Righteousness. Whence it follows by necessary consequence, that this Judgment will be to them a Judgment, not of Condemnation, but of Absolution.
Secondly; Suppose we grant, that the Elect of God shall be called to Iudgment, the account that they shall then make, will be very easie, who have Christ for their Righteousness. Whence it follows by necessary consequence, that this Iudgment will be to them a Iudgment, not of Condemnation, but of Absolution.
Thirdly; Sentences of the Law belong properly to them that are under the Law; but as for such as are regenerate by Faith in Christ, because they are not under the Law, but under Grace, the Law hath no dominion over them.