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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 › An Explication of the Parable of the Wedding Garment.
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.
An Explication of the Parable of the Wedding Garment.
THE Minor must be denied: 1Though works of Charity are of no small advantage, to adorn and beautify faith in the exercise fo Civility and Morality; yet a Garment suitable to the Heavenly Marriage-feast, cannot be made of such Cloth; but of other Materials. What that is, whereof this Garment must be 2made, Paul the Apostle teaches us, Put on the Lord Jesus Christ. And again, whosever of you are Baptized, ye have put on Christ. Because we put not on him by Charity, but by Faith only; Therefore faith is the Garment, made white with the Blood of the Lamb, which Clothes us for this Marriage-feast, not 3Charity, nor the filthy ragged apparel of our Works. Which that it may appear the more evident, let us diligently consider both the Parable and the signification thereof.
THE Minor must be denied: 1Though works of Charity are of no small advantage, to adorn and beautifie faith in the exercise fo Civilty and Morality; yet a Garment suitable to the Heavenly Marriage-feast, cannot be made of such Cloth; but of other Materials. What that is, whereof this Garment must be 2made, Paul the Apostle teaches us, Put on the Lord Iesus Christ. And again, whosever of you are Baptized, ye have put on Christ. Because we put not on him by Charity, but by Faith only; Therefore faith is the Garment, made white with the Blood of the Lamb, which Cloaths us for this Marriage-feast, not