A89737:1288
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
To justify, is not to make a person habitually righteous,1 neither in the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, nor any other Tongue.
To justifie, is not to make a person habitually righteous,1 neither in the Hebrew, Greeke, Latine, nor any other Tongue.
- 1Praeterea nullo nec Hebraico, nec Greco, nec Latino, nec Vernaculo idiomate, justificare est habitualiter. justum efficere Par. in Rom. c. 3.
[Greek or Hebrew] is used in the Old Testament many times, yet it is but once used in any other sense, which also is observed of [Greek or Hebrew] in the New.
〈non-Latin alphabet〉 is used in the Old Testament many times, yet it is but once used in any other sense, which also is observed of 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 in the New.
The Hebrew word [Greek or Hebrew] to justify, never signifieth to make inherently, but always to make declaratively, just, excepting Dan. 12.3. where it signifieth, not those that pronounce righteous, but those who instruct others unto righteousness. The Greek word [Greek or Hebrew] by which the Hebrew is rendered, hath the same signification in the New Testament, and difficult it is to produce it in any other sense, except