A40370:844
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.
That I may Answer this frivolous Distinction: First, I object this saying of Augustin, good Works that follow 1him that is justified, do not go before him that is to be justified; which if it be true, what remains, but that they should either Confess, that there is no such thing as this second Justification, which they have devised, or else that good Works go before him that is to be justified, contrary to the Doctrine of Augustin?
That I may Answer this frivolous Distinction: First, I object this saying of Augustin, good Works that follow 1him that is justified, do not go before him that is to be justified; which if it be true, what remains, but that they should either Confess, that there is no such thing as this second Iustification, which they have devised, or else that good Works go before him that is to be justified, contrary to the Doctrine of Augustin?
- 1The second Justification of Papisis overturned.The second Iustification of Papisis overturned.
Moreover, if they think there is sufficient cause, why Faith only should not be admitted, because it is not expressly mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, why should not also this Distinction of theirs, (about a second Justification by the practice of good Works) be rejected upon the same account, which is no where expressed in the sacred Oracles: But by a manifest Contradiction is opposite to Heavenly Truth? It is an Ancient and Famous Rule of Lawyers, That there 1is no occasion of distinguishing, where the Law makes no Distinction. In what place of Scripture can those Sophisters find this Distinction between a first and second Justification; whereby Infants Baptized are otherways justified, than they that are come to years, for both were alike dead in their Sins, and they are both alike regenerated, and live by Faith in Christ the Son of God.