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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 answer hereunto I pray you consider, that the ten commandments, were the substance of the law of nature, engraven in the heart of man in innocency;1 and the express Idea, or representation of Gods own Image; even a beam of his own holiness: and so they were to have bin a rule of life to him and his posterity (not being then the covenant of works) and then after they were become the covenant of works,2 and broken by the first Adam, and kept by the second Adam, then as they were not the covenant of works; and were made known to Adam and the rest of the believing Fathers by Visions and Revelations; they became a rule of life to them until the time of ⟨p. 156⟩Moses, and as they were delivered by Moses, unto the believing Jews from the Ark, and so as from Christ, they were a rule of life to them until the time of Christs coming in the flesh, and since Christs coming in the flesh they have been, and are to be a rule of life both to believing Jews and believing Gentiles, not as they are delivered by Moses, but as they are delivered by Christ, for when Christ the Son comes & speaks himself, then Moses the servant must keep silence, according as Moses himself foretold, (saying) A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you, 3of your brethren like unto me, him shall you hear in all things which he shall say unto you: and therefore when the Disciples seemed to desire to hear Moses and Elijah to speak on the Mountain Tabor, they were presently taken away, and a voice came out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, 4hear him, as if the Lord had said, you are not now to hear either Moses or Elijah, but my well beloved Son, and therefore I say unto you, hear him:5 And is it not said, Heb. 1.1. That in these last days God hath spoken to us by his Son, And doth not the Apostle say, Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, and whatsoever you do, in word or deed, do all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,