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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. Alas, man, in thus saying▪ you do seem to contradict and gainsay, both the Apostle Paul, and our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and that against your own soul. For, whereas the Apostle Paul saith,1 That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and doth justify the ungodly: Why, you seem to hold, & do in effect say, that Christ Jesus, came into the world to save the righteous, & to justify the godly: and whereas our Saviour saith, The whole need not the Physician, but the sick, 2and that he came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Why you seem to hold, and do in effect say, That the sick need not the Physician but the whole, and that he came not to call sinners, but the righteous to repentance. And, indeed, in so saying, you seem to conceive that Christs Spouse must be purified, washed and cleansed from all her filthiness, & adorned with a rich robe of righteousness before he will accept of her, whereas he himself saith unto her, As ⟨p. 130⟩for thy nativity in the day that thou wast born, 3thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed with water to supple thee, thou wast not swaddled at all, nor salted at all, no eye pitied thee to do any of these things unto thee: but when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was a time of love, and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, and I sware unto thee, and entered into covenant with thee, and thou becamest mine. And I will marry thee unto me for ever, yea, I will marry thee unto me in righteousness and in judgment, 4and in mercy and compassion: Wherefore, I beseech you, revoke this your erroneous opinion, and contradict the word of truth no longer, but conclude for a certainty, that it is not the righteous and godly man, but the sinful and ungodly man that Christ came to call, justify and save, so that if you were a righteous and godly man, you were neither capable of Calling, Justification, or Salvation by Christ, but being a sinful and ungodly man, I will say unto you, as the people said unto blind Bartime, Be of good comfort,