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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. No, say you so, do you not remember that the people consented, Exod. 19.8. saying, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And do you not remember that the Lord consented, Levit. 18.5. saying, Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgements, which if a man do he shall live in them. And in Deut. 27.26. saying, Cursed is he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And doth not the Apostle Paul give evidence than these words were the form of the covenant of works, when he saith Rom. 10.5. Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, that the man that doth these things shall live in them: & when he saith, Gal. 3.10. For it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them. And in Deut. 4.13. Moses ⟨p. 41⟩doth in express terms call it a Covenant, saying, And he declared unto you his Covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten Commandments, and he wrote them upon tables of stone. Now this was not the Covenant of grace; for Moses afterwards, Deut. 5.3. speaking of this Covenant, saith, God made not this Covenant with your Fathers, but with you: And by Fathers, all the Patriarchs unto Adam may be meant, saith Mr. Aynsworth, who had the promise of the Covenant of Christ: therefore if it had been the Covenant of grace, he would have said, God did make this covenant with them, rather then that he did not.
Evan. No, say you so, do you not remember that the people consented, Exod. 19.8. saying, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And do you not remember that the Lord consented,