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.
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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.
Author
Foxe, John, 1516-1587.
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London :: Printed for Tho. Parkhurst ...,
1694.
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Subject terms
Osório, Jerónimo, 1506-1580.
Justification.
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On what condition properly doth the Promise of Iustification rely.
BUT the condition, whereby we * 1.1 are properly justified, is this: That we should believe in Christ, and adhere to him by a constant confession. In which Faith, in the mean while, a diligent Caution should be observed, that this Faith should be directed unto a proper and legitimate Object; which I wonder that it hath not yet been ta∣ken notice of by those School Doctors hither∣to: Of whom some place the Object of Faith in the first Truth: Others take for its Ob∣ject, all things that are written in the holy Scriptures: Others do esteem for * 1.2 the Object of Faith, all things that are laid before us to be believed by the Authority of the Catholick
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Church. And they say not amiss; for I de∣ny not that all these things are both truly and necessarily to be believed by every man: For he that believes the whole Archi∣tecture of this World was framed by the handy-work of God in the space of six days, he is indeed led by a right Faith, as all Truths are to be believed with a most sure Faith, whatsoever are mentioned in the Books of the Scripture, which Faith of every particular Truth, as I suppose, doth not therefore justifie a man: For the sense of our question is not, what is truly believed by us, but what Faith that is which justifies the wicked before God from his sins; and that we should search by the Gospel, what is the proper Object of this Faith. In the mean while that is a very ridiculous thing, and too barbarous, that the Pope in his Decretals reduces the Object of Faith to the Keys and Succession * 1.3 of the Roman Chair, and that as necessary to Salvation; but away with this Deceiver and his Cheats.
Notes
* 1.1
Faith consists of two parts, inward know∣ledge, and outward con∣fession.