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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.
Neo. O, Sir, If I have as good warrant to apply this saying to my self, as Mr. Bradford had to apply it to himself, I am a happy man.
Evan. I tell you from Christ, and under the hand of his spirit, that your person is accepted, your sins are done away, and you shall be saved:1 and if an Angel from Heaven should tell you otherwise, let him be accursed: therefore you may (without doubt) conclude, that you are a happy man: For by means of this your matching with Christ, 2you are become one with him, and one in him, you dwell in him, and he in you: He is your well beloved, and you are his: 3so that the marriage union betwixt Christ and you, is more then a bare notion, or apprehension of your mind; for it is a spiritual, real union, it is an union betwixt the nature of Christ,4 God and man, and you, it is a knitting and ⟨p. 142⟩closing not only of your apprehension with a Saviour, but also of your soul with a Saviour,5 whence it must needs follow, that you cannot be damned, except Christ be damned with you; neither can Christ be saved, except you be saved with him. And as by means of corporal marriage all things become common betwixt man and wife,6 even so, by means of this spiritual marriage, all things become common betwixt Christ and you, for when Christ hath married his spouse unto himself, he passeth over all his estate unto her, so that whatsoever Christ is or hath you may boldly challenge as your own,