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A40368	King Jesvs is the beleevers prince, priest, and law-giver, in things appertaining to the conscience, Isai. 55.4. Heb. 7.17. Jam. 4. 12. Or, The loyall spouse of Christ hath no head, nor husband, but royall King Jesvs. Written by Francis Cornwell, a minister of Jesus Christ, out of the learned workes of Mr. John Fox in his book of Martyrs, excepting onely some explanations of his owne, for the benefit of the reader.	Cornwell, Francis.; Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Actes and monuments.	1645 (1645)	Wing F2041; ESTC R208105	18,659	46

and washed their stripes and was baptized hee and all his straight-way And when hee had brought them into his house he set me at before them and rejoyced beleeving in God with all his house Act. 16. 30,31,32 33,34 these Justiciaries doe adde thereunto divers and sundry other conditions besides and such as the word of God precisely excludeth as hope charity works of mercy to the poore needy brethren the sacrifice of the Masse the worke of the Priest ex opere operato auricular confession satisfactions meritorious deeds or any other qualities or qualifications or acts of humiliations which are laid down as causes to be annexed unto the bloud of Christ in point of Justification These things all true beleevers now esteeme them with St. Paul filth and dung that they may gain Christ and be found in him not having their own righteousnesse which is of the law but that which is through the faith of Christ the righteousnesse which is of God by faith Phil. 3. 8,9 And thus much concerning the doctrine of Faith and Justification whereby it may appear to what horrible blindnesse and blasphemy the Church of Rome is now fallen where this kind of doctrine is not onely suffered but also publikely professed with speaking against faith thus blaspemously dare say Fides illa qua quis firmiter credit certo statuit propter Christum sibi remissa esse peccata seseque possefsurum vitam aeternam non fides est sed temeritas non Spiritus sancti persuasio sed humanae audaciae praesumptio That is That faith whereby a man firmly beleeveth and certainly assureth himselfe that for Christs sake his sins be forgiven him and that he shall possesse eternall life is not faith but rashnesse not the perswasion of the holy Spirit but presumption of mans boldnesse Ex Lindano in epitome doctrinae Evangelicae This Relation as farre as it is Mr. Foxes is truly word for word set down unlesse some doubtfull phrase were explained by the Writer for the benefit of the curteous Reader and hath excepting the explanations been seven times publikely Printed by Publike Authority Mr. Foxes Touchstone to know Truth from Error by certaine Principles and generall Verities grounded upon the truth of Gods word The first Principle AS sin and death came originally by the disobedience of one to all men of his generation by nature so righteousnesse and life cometh originally by the obedience of one to all men regenerated of him by faith and baptisme Rom. 5. chap. Ioh. 3.5 II. The Promise of God was freely given to our first Parents without their deserving that The seed of the woman should breake the serpents head Gen. 3.15 III. The Promise was given freely to Abraham before hee deserved any thing that In his seed all Nations should be blessed Gen. 12.3 compared with Gal. 3.8 IV. To the word of God neither must wee adde nor take from it Deut. 4.2 V. Hee that doth the works of the Law shall live therein Levit. 18. Gal. 3.12 VI Accursed is hee which abideth not in every thing that is written in the book of the Law Deut. 27. Gal. 3.10 VII God onely is to be worshipped Deut. 6. Luke 4. VIII All our righteousnesse is like the defiled or polluted rags Esay 64. 6. IX In all my holy hill they shall not kill nor slay saith the Lord Esay 11.9 X. God loveth mercy and obedience more than sacrifice Hos. 6.6 1 Sam. 15.22 XI The Law worketh anger condemneth and openeth sin Rom. 3.20 XII The end of the Law is Christ for righteousnesse to every one that beleeveth Rom. 10. 4. XIII Whosoever beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved Mar. 16.16 XIV A man is justified by faith without workes freely by grace not of our selves Gal. 2.16 Ephes. 2.8 XV There is no remission of sins without bloud Heb. 9.22 XVI Whatsoever is not of faith is sinne Rom. 14.23 Without faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11.6 XVII One Mediatour between God and man Christ Jesus 1 Tim. 2. 5. And hee is the propitiation for our sinnes 1 Ioh. 2.2 XVIII Whosoever seeketh in the Law to be justified is fallen from grace Gal. 5.4 XIX In Christ be all the promises of God Est Amen 2 Cor. 1.20 XX Let every soule be subject to superiour Powers Rom. 13. 1. Giving to Cesar that which is Cesars and to God that which is Gods Mat. 22.21 These Principles and infallible rules of the Scripture as no man can deny so if they be granted the doctrine then of the Popes Church must needs be found not to be Catholike but rather full of Errors and Heresies Fox in the book of Martyrs Tom. 1 pag. 22 these are recorded and have been seven times publikely imprinted Soli Deo Gratia FINIS Rom. 7. 4. Object Answ. Object Answ. Object Answ. Rom. 7.25 Rom. 7. 7. Object Answ. Object Answ. Object Answ. Mat. 5. Luk. 6. Rom. 5.1 Gal. 2.20 Object Answ.

When the children of Israel were bid of Moses to look up to the brasen serpent neither could the serpent have helped them except they had looked up nor yet their looking upward have profited them unlesse they had directed their eye unto the said brasen serpent as the onely object set up of God for the same purpose for them to behold so all poore sinners are commanded in the Gospel to look up to Jesus whom they have pierced Zech. 12. 10. now a crucified Jesus cannot help them except they looke up nor yet their beleeving or looking upward cannot profit them unlesse they direct the eye of their faith unto the said crucified Jesus as the onely object set up of Gods free grace for them to behold Iohn 3. 14. Thus our faith directed by Gods own Spirit Zech. 12. 10. to the body of Jesus crucified is the onely meanes whereby Christs merits are applied to us and we now justified before God according to the doctrine of Paul who in expresse words defining what this faith is and how it justifieth saith If thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Iesus and shalt beleeve in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved Rom. 10. 9. Besides this what action or quality soever is in man either hope charity or any other kind of faith or beleeving be it never so true except it apprehend this object which is the body of Christ the Sonne of God that loved us and gave himselfe for us it serveth not to justification And that is the cause why wee adde this particle onely to faith and say that Faith onely in Christ justifieth us to exclude all other actions qualities Thus farre Mr. Fox the Writer addes qualifications marks signes evidences of sanctification as poverty of spirit mourning for sinne hungring and thirsting after Christ love to the brethren universall obedience or gifts or workes of beleevers as repentance for sinne or any other acts of humiliation fasting praying weeping mourning or reformation or deed of charity from the cause of justifying But you destroy qualifications markes signes and evidences of sanctification Doe I destroy qualifications c. because I will not make them causes of my justification Markes signes and evidences of sanctification flow from faith and not faith from them they are the fruits as I may so speake of a justifying faith and declare what kind of faith it is that justifieth namely repenting faith working faith They shall look upon him whom they have pierced and they shall mourne over him as one mourneth for an onely sonne and shall be in bitternesse for him as one that is in bitternesse for his first-borne Zech. 12.10 Because nothing can expiate my sinne but the bloud of my Christ therefore I repent But a good tree is knowne by his fruit Mat. 7.17 To others not to it selfe for if the good tree could speake it would say I am not a good tree because I beare good fruit but by vertue of my union with my good root I bring forth good fruit So we are not good men because wee shew forth to others these markes signes qualifications and evidences of our sanctification as poverty of spirit mourning for sinne hungring and thirsting after Christ c. but by vertue of our union with our good root the Lord Jesus wee bring forth this good fruit Iohn 15. 5. I am the Vine and yee are the branches hee that abideth in mee and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without mee yee can doe nothing These Objections and the Answers were inserted by the Writer to shew that though hee deny markes signes qualifications and evidences of sanctification as causes of justifying yea and he utterly denyeth them to be the first evidence of Justification for that were to robbe faith of his prerogative Heb. 11. 1. Faith is the evidence of things not seen though hee deny them à priori yet hee acknowledgeth them à posteriori from the effects as a secondary witnesse and as an evidence that the spirit of Jesus dwelleth in you of a truth which causeth this life and fruit of holinesse so to abound in you Thus farre the Writer declareth his judgement Now to Mr. Foxes words againe For so much as there is no other knowledge nor gifts of men given of God to man be it never so excellent can stand before the judgement of God unto justification of a poore sinner or whereunto any promise of salvation is annexed but onely this faith looking up to this spirituall Brasen Serpent that is to the body of Christ Jesus for us crucified Zech. 12. 10. As for example When the Turke saith that hee beleeveth in one living God that made heaven and earth his beleefe therein is true yet it justifieth him not because it lacketh the right object which is Christ Jesus crucified So when the Jew saith that he beleeveth in one God maker of heaven and earth and beleeveth also the same God to be omnipotent mercifull just and true of promise and that hee hath elected the seed of Abraham true it is that hee beleeveth and yet all this serveth him not because Jesus Christ crucified the Sonne of God is not joyned with all And though the said Jew should be never so devout in his prayers or charitable in his almes or precise in keeping the Law and beleeve never so stedfastly that hee is elect to be saved yet hee is never the nearer to salvation for all this so long as his faith is not grounded upon the head Corner-stone which is the person and body of Jesus Christ the true Saviour seeing there is salvation in none other Acts 4. 12. After like sort it may be said of the Papist when hee saith that hee is baptized and beleeveth in the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost three Persons and one God and also confesseth that Jesus is the Sonne of God which died for our sinnes and rose againe for our righteousnesse c. his beleefe therein is true and indeed would save him if hee did stay his salvation in this faith and upon Christ his Saviour onely according to the promise and grace of God and goe no further but that hee doth not for neither doth hee admit Christ onely to be his perfect Saviour without the help of Patrons Deeds Advocates and Mediatours nor yet permitteth his faith in Christ onely to be the meanes of his justification but setteth up other by-meanes as hope charity Sacrifice of the Masse confession pennance satisfaction merits and pardons supposing thereby to worke his justification before God contrary to the word of promise Iohn 3.16 and to the Gospel of grace Gal. 3. 8. Thus farre Mr. Fox Now the Writer inserteth a few words Thus the Papists declare from what stock they spring even from Iezebel of Rome the mother of all fornication that hath the true character of an harlot 1 King 3. 26. that can be content with a divided Christ But