A41355:78
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.
Nom. Sir, for mine own part I hold it very meet, that every true Christian should be very zealous for the holy Law of God, especially now when a company of these Antinomians do set themselves against it, and do what they can quite to abolish it, and utterly to root it out of the Church: surely, Sir, I think it not meet they should •ive in a Christian Common-wealth.
Evan. I pray you, neighbour Nomista, be not so hot, neither let us have such unchristianlike expressions amongst us, and let us reason together in love,1 and with the spirit of meekness, as Christians ought to do. I confess with the Apostle,2 it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing: But yet as the same Apostle said of the Jews, so I fear me I may say of some Christians, that they are zealous of the Law, 3yea some would be Doctors of the Law, and yet neither understand what they say, 4nor whereof they affirm.
Evan. I pray you, neighbour Nomista, be not so hot, neither let us have such unchristianlike expressions amongst us, and let us reason together in love,1 and with the spirit of meeknesse, as Christians ought to do. I confesse with the Apostle,2 it is good to be zealously affected alwayes in a good thing: But yet as the same Apostle said of the Jews, so I feare me I may say of some Christians, that they are zealous of the Law, 3yea some would be Doctors of the Law, and yet neither understand what they say,