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The Marrow of Modern Divinity
The marrow of modern divinity touching both the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace, with their use and end, both in the time of the Old Testament, and in the time of the New : wherein every one may clearly see how far forth he bringeth the law into the case of justification, and so deserveth the name of legalist : and how far forth he rejecteth the law, in the case of sanctification, and so deserveth the name of Antinomist : with the middle path between them both, which by Jesus Christ leadeth to eternal life : in a dialogue, betwixt Evangelista, a minister of the Gospel, Nomista, a legalist, Antinomista, an Antinomian, and Neophytus, a young Christian / by the author, E.F. ; before the which there is prefixed the commendatory epistles of divers divines of great esteem in the city of London ; whereunto is also added, the substance of aThe marrow of modern divinity touching both the covenant of works, and the covenant of grace, with their use and end, both in the time of the Old Testament, and in the time of the New : wherein every one may cleerly see how far forth he bringeth the law into the case of justification, and so deserverh the name of legalist : and how far forth he rejecteth the law, in the case of sanctification, and so deserveth the name of Antinomist : with the middle path between them both, which by Iesus Christ leadeth to eternall life : in a dialogue, betwixt Evangelista, a minister of the Gospel, Nomista, a legalist, Antinomista, an Antinomian, and Neophytus, a young Christian / by the author, E.F. ; before the which there is prefixed the commendatory epistles of divers divines of great esteem in the citie of London ; whereunto is also added, the substance of a
London: printed by R. Leybourn for Giles Calvert, 1646
THE MARROW OF Modern Divinity.THE MARROVV OF Modern Divinity.
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.
Evan. Yea indeed, for saith the Apostle, Death passed upon all men, 1for that all have sinned, or, in whom all have sinned, that is, in Adam; the very truth is,2 Adam by his fall threw down our whole nature headlong into the same destruction, and drowned his whole off-spring in the same gulf of misery: and the reason is, because by Gods appointment he was not to stand or fall, as a single person only,3 but as a common public person, representing all mankind to come of him, therefore as all that happiness, all those gifts and endowments which were bestowed upon him, were not bestowed upon him alone, but also upon the whole nature of man, and as that Covenant which was made with him, was made with whole mankind; even so he by breaking Covenant lost all,4 as well for us, as for himself, as he received all for himself and us, so he lost all both for himself and us.
Evan. Yea indeed, for saith the Apostle, Death passed upon all men, 1for that all have sinned, or, in whom all have sinned, that is, in Adam; the very truth is,2 Adam by his fall threw down our whole nature headlong into the same destruction, and drowned his whole off-spring in the same gulfe of misery: and the reason is, because by Gods appointment he was not to stand or fall, as a single person only,3 but as a common publike person, representing all mankind to come of him, therefore as all that happinesse, all those gifts and endowments which were bestowed upon him, were not bestowed upon him alone, but also upon the whole nature of man, and as that Covenant which was made with him, was made with whole mankinde; even so he by breaking Covenant lost all,4 as well for us, as for himselfe, as he received all for himselfe and us, so he lost all both for himselfe and us.