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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.
Nom. But stay, Sir, I pray, you are mistaken in me, for though I hold that God doth accept of my doing my best to fulfil the Law, yet do I not hold with the Papists that my doings are meritorious, for I believe that God accepts not of what I do, either for the work or workers sake, but only for Christs sake.
Nom. But stay, Sir, I pray, you are mistaken in me, for though I hold that God doth accept of my doing my best to fulfill the Law, yet doe I not hold with the Papists that my doings are meritorious, for I believe that God accepts not of what I doe, either for the work or workers sake, but onely for Christs sake.
Evan. Yet do you but still go hand in hand with the Papists,1 for though they do hold that their works are meritorious, yet they say it is by the merit of Christ that they become meritorious, or as some of the moderate sort of them say, our works sprinkled with the blood of Christ become meritorious, but this you are to know, that as the justice of GOD requires a perfect obedience, so doth it require that this perfect obedience be a personal obedience, viz. it must be the obedience of one person only, the obedience of two must not be put together, to make up a perfect obedience: So that if you desire to be justified before God▪ you must either bring to him a perfect righteousness of your own, and wholly renounce Christ, or else you must bring the perfect righteousness of Christ and wholly renounce your own.
Evan. Yet doe you but still goe hand in hand with the Papists,1 for though they doe hold that their works are meritorious, yet they say it is by the merit of Christ that they become meritorious, or as some of the moderate sort of them say, our works sprinkled with the bloud of Christ become meritorious, but this you are to know, that as the justice of GOD requires a perfect obedience, so doth it require that this perfect obedience be a personall obedience, viz. it must bee the obedience of one person onely, the obedience of two must not bee put together, to make up a perfect obedience: So that if you desire to be justified before God you must either bring to him a perfect righteousnesse of your own, and wholy renounce Christ, or else you must bring the perfect righteousnesse of Christ and wholy renounce your own.