A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
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A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither
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Wither, George, 1540-1605.
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Printed at London :: By Edm. Bollifant for Thomas Woodcocke,
[1588]
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Bible -- N.T -- English -- Versions -- Douai -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Bible. -- N.T -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
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"A view of the marginal notes of the popish Testament, translated into English by the English fugitiue papists resiant at Rhemes in France. By George Wither." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 10, 2024.
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The answer.
If men should héere without all reason sticke vpon the letter,
as you do in, This is my bodie, what can you say for this exposi∣tion,
that might not be iustly returned against you in that? Your
annotation you send vs vnto, is a childish cauill grounded vpon
this, that the scripture calleth him iust that doth iustice. But doth
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it call none else so. The publican departed better iustified than
the pharisie, I pray you what iustice had he done? God iustifieth
the wicked. He is iust, or blessed to whom God imputeth no sin.
The iust man liueth by faith. So obteined the théefe vpon the
crosse to be iustified and saued. You sée then that the Scrip∣ture
speaketh of some other kind of iustice, besides that which
consisteth in our owne doings. Leaue therefore your foolish ca∣uilling.