A41355:47
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
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.
Grace and peace to you in Christ Jesus.
My loving friend in Christ,
I Have, according to your desire, read over your Book, and find it full of Evangelical light and life, and I doubt not, but the oftener I read it, the more true comfort I shall find in the knowledge of Christ thereby, the matter •s pure, the method is Apostolical, wherein the works of love in the right ⟨image 15⟩place, after the life of faith be effectually required. God hath endowed his Fisher with the Net of a trying understanding and discerning judgement and discretion, whereby out of the Crystalline streams of the well of life, you have taken a mess of the sweetest and wholesomest fish that the whole world can afford, which if I could daily have enough of, I should no more care for the flesh, or the works thereof.
I Have, according to your desire, read over your Booke, and finde it full of Evangelicall light and life, and I doubt not, but the oftner I read it, the more true comfort I shall finde in the knowledge of Christ thereby, the matter •s pure, the method is Apostolicall, wherein the works of love in the right ⟨image 15⟩place, after the life of faith bee effectually required. God hath endewed his Fisher with the Net of a trying understanding and discerning iudgement and discretion, whereby out of the Christaline streams of the well of life, you have taken a messe of the sweetest and wholsomest fish that the whole world can afford, which if I could daily have enough of, I should no more care for the flesh, or the works thereof.