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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. Because as the Pharisee had more to do before he could come at Christ then the Publican had; so, I conceive, you have more to do then he hath.
Evan. Because as the Pharisee had more to doe before he could come at Christ then the Publican had; so, I conceive, you have more to doe then he hath.
Nom. Why, Sir, I pray you, what have I to do, or what would you advise me to do, for truly I would be contented to be ruled by you?
Nom. Why, Sir, I pray you, what have I to doe, or what would you advise me to doe, for truly I would be contented to bee ruled by you?
Evan. Why that which you have to do before you can come at Christ, is to undo all that ever you have done already, that ⟨p. 115⟩is to say, whereas you have endeavoured to travail towards heaven by the way of the Covenant of works, and so have gone a wrong way, you must go quite back again all the way you have gone, before you can tread one step in the right way. And whereas you have attempted to build up the ruins of old Adam, and that upon your self, and so like a foolish builder to build a tottering house upon the sands, you must throw down and utterly demolish all that building, and not leave a stone upon a stone, before you can begin to build anew, and whereas you have conceived that there is a sufficiency in your self to justify and save your self, you must conclude that in that case, there is not only in you an insufficiency, but also a non-sufficiencie, yea, and that sufficiency that seemed to be in you, to be your loss, in plain terms, you must deny your self, as our Saviour saith,