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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.
Ant. I pray, Sir, how doth it appear that the Lord renewed that Covenant with them?
Ant. I pray, Sir, how doth it appear that the Lord renued th•t Covenant with them?
Evan. It doth plainly appear, in that the Lord gave them by Moses the Levitical Laws, and ordained the Tabernacle, the Ark, and the Mercy-Seat, which were all Types of Christ: Moreover, The Lord called unto Moses,1 and spake unto him out of the Tabernacle, and commanded him to write the Levitical Laws, and the Tabernacle Ordinances, telling him withal, That after the tenor of those words he had made a Covenant with him, and with Israel:2 so Moses wrote these Laws, not in Tables of stone, but in an authentical book, saith Ainsworth, called the book of the Covenant,3 which book Moses read in the audience of the people, Exod. 24.7. And the people consented unto it: then Moses having before sent young men of the children of Israel, who were first born, and therefore Priests until the time of the Levites,4 to offer sacrifice of burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings unto the Lord; He took the blood, and ⟨p. 54⟩sprinkled it on the people, and said, behold the blood of the Covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning these things; whereby they were taught, that by virtue of blood, this Covenant betwixt God and them was confirmed,5 and that Christ by his bloodshed should satisfy for their sins, for indeed the Covenant of grace was before the coming of Christ,