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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. › I 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.
I answer.
By these words the Lord gives us serious Instruction, what manner of lives they ought to live, that are justified: But he doth not thereby signify, what is the proper cause of Justification; one Judgment should be made of the causes of things, and another of their effects. If you enquire for the cause of Justification, the Lord hath resolved that doubt; Thy Faith hath saved thee. This is Life eternal, that they should know thee, ⟨p. 422⟩1the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. In like manner Paul expressed himself: If thou confess the Lord 2Jesus with thy mouth, and believe with thy heart, that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. But if you enquire, what manner of lives they ought to live, that make sincere profession of the Faith of Christ, we are taught in this place, and many other sayings of Scripture, that they ought to differ much from the lives of the Scribes and Pharisees; to wit, that they who are created in Christ Jesus, should behave themselves without a Pharisaical Visor of external Holiness, or a proud conceitedness of their own Righteousness; but that they should be adorned and beautified with sincerity and uprightness of mind, and persevere in the practice of good Works, which God hath prepared, that we should walk in them; he said not, that we should be justified by them, but that being justified by his Grace, we should walk in them, bringing forth fruits worthy of our Vocation.
By these words the Lord gives us serious Instruction, what manner of lives they ought to live, that are justified: But he doth not thereby signifie, what is the proper cause of Iustification; one Iudgment should be made of the causes of things, and another of their effects. If you enquire for the cause of Iustification, the Lord hath resolved that doubt; Thy Faith hath saved thee. This is Life eternal, that they should know thee,