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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. › Argument.
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.
Argument.
Christ came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfil it.
Therefore there is no Salvation to any, but those that perform the Law.
This is a false consequence; for there is more in the conclusion, than in the antecedent: For this should have been the conclusion, Therefore should we diligently endeavour to fulfil the Law, according to his Example, especially in those things that belong to us; for we are not subject to the same Ceremonies of the Law, that he was: As when he was circumcised, and went to the Feast at Jerusalem thrice a year, abstained from things that were ceremonially unclean, and from things strangled, and blood, and celebra-ted the Passover according to the Law; and many things of that kind, whereunto we are not now obliged.
This is a false consequence; for there is more in the conclusion, than in the antecedent: For this should have been the conclusion, Therefore should we diligently endeavour to fulfil the Law, according to his Example, especially in those things that belong to us; for we are not subject to the same Ceremonies of the Law, that he was: As when he was circumcised, and went to the Feast at Ierusalem thrice a year, abstained from things that were ceremonially unclean, and from things strangled, and blood, and celebra-ted the Passover according to the Law; and many things of that kind, whereunto we are not now obliged.