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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
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Consider, I pray you, that as the first Adam did as a common person, enter into covenant with God for all mankind; and brake it, whereby they became sinful and guilty of everlasting death and damnation: Even so Jesus Christ, the second Adam, did as a common person enter into covenant with God his Father for all the elect (that is to say, all those that have or shall believe on his name) and for them kept it, whereby they become righteous, ⟨image 6⟩and heirs of everlasting life and salvation. And therefore it is our greatest wisdom, and ought to be our greatest care and endeavour to come out, and from the first Adam, unto and into the second Adam, that so we may have life through his Name. John 20.31.
COnsider, I pray you, that as the first Adam did as a common person, enter into covenant with God for all mankind; and brake it, whereby they became sinfull and guilty of everlasting death and damnation: Even so Jesus Christ, the second Adam, did as a common person enter into covenant with God his Father for all the elect (that is to say, all those that have or shall believe on his name) and for them kept it, whereby they become righteous, ⟨image 6⟩and heires of everlasting life and salvation. And therfore it is our greatest wisdome, and ought to be our greatest care and endeavour to come out, and from the first Adam, unto and into the second Adam, that so wee may have life through his Name. John 20.31.
And yet, alas, there is no point in all practical Divinity, that we are naturally so much averse and backward unto as unto this; neither doth Satan strive to hinder us so much from doing any thing else as this: And hence it is, that we are all of us naturally apt to abide and continue, in that sinful and miserable estate, that the first Adam plunged us into without either taking any notice of it, or being at all affected with it, so far are we from coming out of it. And if the Lord be pleased by any means to open our eyes, to see our misery, and we do thereupon begin to step out of it, yet, alas, we are prone rather to go backwards towards the first Adams pure estate, in