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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. Yea indeed.
Ant. I pray you, Sir, show of what use it was to them?
Ant. I pray you, Sir, shew of what use it was to them?
Evan. I remember Luther saith there be two sorts of unrighteous persons,1 or unbelievers, the one to be justified, and the other ⟨p. 64⟩not to be justified; even so was there amongst the Jews. Now to them that were to be justified, as you have heard, it was still of use to bring them to Christ, as the Apostle saith, Gal. 3.24. The Law was our Schoolmaster until Christ, that we might be made righteous by faith, that is to say, the Moral Law did teach and show them what they should do, and so what they did not, and this made them go to the Ceremonial Law, and by that they were taught that Christ had done it for them, the which they believing were made righteous by faith in him. And to the second sort it was of use, to show them what was good, and what was evil, and to be as a bridle to them to restrain them from evil, and as a motive to move them to good, for fear of punishment, or hope of reward in this life; which though it was but a forced and constrained obedience,2 yet was it necessary for the public common-wealth, the quiet thereof being thereby the better maintained; and though thereby they could neither escape death, nor yet obtain eternal life, for want of perfect obedience; yet the more obedience they yielded thereunto, the more they were freed from temporal calamities, and possessed with temporal blessings according as the Lord promised and threatened,