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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. For the true and clear understanding of this point, you are to consider that when Jesus Christ the second Adam, had in the behalf of all his chosen perfectly fulfilled the Law, as it is the covenant of works, divine justice delivered that bond in to Christ,1 who utterly cancelled that handwriting, so that none of his chosen were to have any more to do with it, nor it with them and now you by your believing in Christ having manifested,2 that you are one that was chosen in him before the foundation of the world: his fulfilling of that covenant and cancelling of it, is imputed to you, and ⟨p. 145⟩so you are acquitted and absolved from all your transgressions against that covenant, either past, present, or to come, and so you are justified as the Apostle saith,3 Freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ.
Evan. For the true and cleer understanding of this point, you are to consider that when Jesus Christ the second Adam, had in the behalfe of all his chosen perfectly fulfilled the Law, as it is the covenant of works, divine justice delivered that bond in to Christ,1 who utterly cancelled that handwriting, so that none of his chosen were to have any more to doe with it, nor it with them and now you by your believing in Christ having manifested,2 that you are one that was chosen in him before the foundation of the world: his fulfilling of that covenant and cancelling of it, is imputed to you, and ⟨p. 145⟩so you are acquitted and absolved from all your transgressions against that covenant, either past, present, or to come, and so you are justified as the Apostle saith,3 Freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ.