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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.
Nom. Then Sir it seemeth that by Adams ⟨p. 16⟩breach of Covenant, all man-kind was brought into a miserable condition.
Nom. Then Sir it seemeth that by Adams ⟨p. 16⟩breach of Covenant, all man-kinde was brought into a miserable condition.
Evan. All mankind by the fall of Adam received a twofold damage; first a deprivation of all original goodness: Secondly an habitual natural proneness to all kind of wickedness;1 for the image of God, after which they were created,2 was forthwith blotted out, and in place of wisdom, righteousness and true holiness, came blindness, uncleanness, falsehood and injustice: the very truth is, our whole nature was thereby corrupted, defiled, deformed, depraved,3 infected, made infirm, frail, malignant, full of venom, contrary to God, yea enemies and rebels unto him; so that, saith Luther, this is the title we have received from Adam, 4in this one thing we may glory, and in nothing else at all, namely, that every Infant that is born into this world, is wholly in the power of sin, death, Satan, hell, and everlasting damnation: nay, saith Musculus, the whirlpool of mans sin in paradise,5 is bottomless and unsearchable.
Evan. All mankind by the fall of Adam received a twofold damage; first a deprivation of all originall goodnesse: Secondly an habituall naturall pronenesse to all kind of wickednesse;