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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.
Anti. Why then, Sir, it seems that those who were saved amongst the Jews, were not saved by the works of the Law.
Anti. Why then, Sir, it seemes that those who were saved amongst the Jewes, were not saved by the workes of the Law.
Evan. No indeed, they were neither justified nor saved, either by the works of the Moral Law, or the Ceremonial Law; for as you heard before, the Moral Law being delivered unto them, with great terror, and under most dreadful penalties, they did find in themselves an impossibility of keeping it, and so were driven to seek help of a Mediator, even Jesus Christ,1 of whom Moses was to them a Typical Mediator; so that the Moral Law did drive them to the Ceremonial Law, which was their Gospel, and their Christ in a figure, for that the Ceremonies did prefigure Christ,2 direct unto him, and require faith in him, is a thing acknowledged and confessed by all men.
Evan. No indeed, they were neither justified nor saved, either by the workes of the Morall Law, or the Ceremoniall Law; for as you heard before, the Morall Law being delivered unto them, with great terrour, and under most dreadfull penalties, they did finde in themselves an impossibilitie of keeping it, and so were driven to seeke helpe of a Mediatour, even Iesus Christ,1 of whom Moses was to them a Typicall Mediatour; so that the Morall Law did drive them to the Cerimoniall Law, which was their Gospel, and their Christ in a figure, for that the Cerimonies did prefigure Christ,2 direct unto him, and require faith in him, is a thing acknowledged and confessed by all men.
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