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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.
And as Christ doth thus suppress all other governors but himself in the heart of a believer, so doth he race out, and deface all other laws, and writes his own there according to his promise, Jer. 31.33. and makes them pliable and willing to do and suffer his will, and that because it is his will, so that the mind and will of Christ, laid down in his Word, and manifested in his Works, is not only the rule of a believers obedience, but also the reason of it: As I once heard a godly Minister say in the Pulpit, So that he doth not only do that which is Christs will,1 but he doth it because it is his will. O that man which hath the law of Christ written in his heart, according to the measure ⟨p. 221⟩of it, he reads, he hears, he prays, and receives the Sacrament, and doth all the duties required in the first table of the Law, and that because he knows it is the mind and will of Christ he should do so, yea, he doth not only do the duty of the first table, but of the second also, by virtue of Christs command, ô that husband, parent, master, or Magistrate, that hath the Law of Christ written in his heart, he doth his duty to his wife, child, servant, and subject, and that because Christ commands it, and so, that wife, child, servant, or subject that hath the law of Christ written in their hearts, do their duties to their husband, parent, master or governor, and that because Christ requires it. And now when you find these things in your heart, why answerably you may conclude, that Christ executes his kingly office in you.
And as Christ doth thus suppresse all other governours but himselfe in the heart of a believer, so doth he race out, and deface all other laws, and writes his own there according to his promise, Jer. 31.33. and makes them plyable and willing to doe and suffer his will, and that because it is his will, so that the minde and will of Christ, laid down in his Word, and manifested in his Works, is not onely the rule of a believers obedience, but also the reason of it: As I once heard a godly Minister say in the Pulpit, So that he doth not onely doe that which is Christs will,