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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 is there not many a proud persons ⟨p. 225⟩soul hindered, if not quite kept from rest in God, by the harmonious sound of popular praise; which like a load-stone draweth the vain-glorious heart to hunt so much the more eagerly, to augment the echo of such vain windy reputation? And is there not many a covetous persons soul hindered, if not quite kept from rest in God, by the cry of great abundance; the words of wealth, and the glory of gain? And is there not many a musical mind hindered, if not quite kept from sweet comfort in God, by the harmony of artificial concord upon musical instruments? And how many perfumed fools are there in the world? who by smelling their sweet apparel, and their sweet nose-gays, are kept from souls sweetness in Christ. And thus doth Satan like a cunning fisher, beat his, hook with a sensual object, to catch men with, and having gotten it into their jaws; he draweth them up and down in their sensual contentments, till he hath so drowned them therein, that the peace and rest of their souls in God be almost forgotten: and hence it is that the greatest part of mans life, and in many their whole life is spent, in seeking satisfaction to the sensual appetite.
And is there not many a proud persons ⟨p. 225⟩soul hindered, if not quite kept from rest in God, by the harmonious sound of popular prayse; which like a load-stone draweth the vain-glorious heart to hunt so much the more eagerly, to augment the eccho of such vain windy reputation? And is there not many a covetous persons soule hindred, if not quite kept from rest in God, by the cry of great abundance; the words of wealth, and the glory of gain? And is there not many a musicall minde hindered, if not quite kept from sweet comfort in God, by the harmony of artificiall concord upon musicall instruments? And how many perfumed fools are there in the world? who by smelling their sweet apparell, and their sweet nose-gayes, are kept from souls sweetnesse in Christ. And thus doth Satan like a cunning fisher, beat his, hooke with a sensuall object, to catch men with, and having gotten it into their jaws; he draweth them up and down in their sensuall contentments, till hee hath so drowned them therein, that the peace and rest of their souls in God be almost forgotten: and hence it is that the greatest part of mans life, and in many their whole life is spent, in seeking satisfaction to the sensuall appetite.