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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.
The Lord heard the voice of your words when ye spake to me, and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words ⟨p. 52⟩of this people, which they have spoken unto thee, they have well said all that they have spoken, 1to wit, in desiring a Mediator: Where I pray you take notice, that they were not commended for saying, All that the Lord commandeth we will do, (No saith a godly Writer) they were not praised for any other thing,2 then for desiring a Mediator: Whereupon, the Lord promised Christ unto them, even as Moses testifieth, saying, The Lord thy God shall raise up unto thee a Prophet like unto me from among you, even of your brethren, 3unto him shall you hearken, according to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the Assembly, when thou saidest, Let me hear the voice of the Lord my God no more, nor see this great fire any more that I die not: and the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken, I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I command him. And to assure us that Christ was the Prophet here spoken of, he himself saith unto the Jews, If ye had believed Moses,4 ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. And that this was it which he wrote of him, the Apostle Peter witnesseth, Acts 3.22. and so doth the Martyr Stephen, Acts 7.37. Thus you ⟨p. 53⟩see, when the Lord had by means of the covenant of works made with Adam, humbled them, and made them sigh for Christ the promised seed, he renewed the promise with them, yea, and the covenant of grace made with Abraham.
The Lord heard the voyce of your words when yee spake to mee, and the Lord said unto mee, I have heard the voyce of the words