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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.
You may by virtue of this union confidently take unto your self as your own Christ,1 watching, abstinence, travails prayers, persecution, slanders, his tears, his sweat, his blood, and all that ever he did and suffered in three and thirty years, with his Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension, for they are all yours, and as Christ passeth over all his estate unto his spouse, so doth he require, that she should pass over all unto ⟨p. 143⟩him, wherefore you being now married unto Christ, you must give all that you have of your own unto him, and truly you have nothing of your own but sin, and therefore you must give him that,2 say thou unto Christ without fear, I give to thee my dear husband, my unbelief, my mistrust, my pride, my arrogance, my ambition, my wrath, my anger, my envy, my covetousness, my evil thoughts, affections and desires, I make a bundle of these and all my other offences, and give them unto thee, thus was Christ made sin for us which knew no sin, 3that we might be made the righteousness of God in him: now then, saith Luther, let us compare these things together, and we shall find inestimable treasure, Christ is full of all grace, life and saving health, and the soul is fraught full of all sin, death and damnation, but let faith come betwixt these two,4 and it shall come to pass that Christ shall be loaden with sin, death and hell, and unto the soul shall be imputed, grace, life and salvation, who then, saith he is able to value the royalty of this marriage accordingly,5 who is able to comprehend the glorious riches of this grace, where this rich and righteous husband Christ, doth take unto wife this poor and wicked harlot, redeeming her from all evils, and garnishing her with all his own ⟨p. 144⟩jewels,6