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A41355	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 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	Fisher, Edward, fl. 1627-1655.; Hamilton, Patrick, 1504?-1528. Patricks places.	1646 (1646)	Wing F997; ESTC R1839	130,516	286

I Have perused this ensuing Dialogue and finde it tending to Peace and Holinesse the Authour endeavouring to reconcile and heale those unhappy Differences which have lately broken out a fresh amongst us about the Points therein handled and cleered For which cause I allow it to be Printed and recommend it to the Reader as a Discourse stored with many necessary and seasonable truths confirmed by Scripture and avowed by many approved Wtiters All composed in a familiar plain moderate style without bitternesse against or uncomely reflections upon others which Flyes have lately corrupted many bo●es of otherwise precious Ointment May 1 0 1645. Joseph Caryl 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 cleerly 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 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. The second Edition corrected amended and much enlarged By the Author E. Fisher Before the which there is prefixed the commenda●●●● Epistles of divers Divines of great esteem in the Citie of LONDON Whereunto is also added the substance of a most spirituall and Evangelicall Treatise called long since by the name of Patricks Places London Printed by R. Leybourn for Giles 〈◊〉 at the Black Spread-Eagle at the West end of Paris 16●6 TO THE HONOVRABLE Collonel John Downes ESQUIRE One of the Members of the Honourable House of Commons in Parliament Justice of Peace and one of the Deputy Lievtenants of the County of Sussex and Auditor to the Prince his Highnesse of the Dutchie of Cornwall E. F. wisheth the true knowledge of God in JESUS CHRIST Most Honoured SIR ALthough I doe observe that new Editions accompanied with new additions are somtimes published with new dedications yet so long as he who formerly owned the subject doth yet 〈◊〉 and hath the same affectiou● towards it I conceive there is no need of a new Patron but of a new Epistle Be pleased then most honoured Sir to give mee leave to tell you that your eminencie of place did somwhat induce me both now and before to make choise of you for its Patron but your endowments with grace did invite me to it God having bestowed upon you speciall spirituall blessings in heavenly things in Christ for it hath beene declared unto me by them that knew you when you were but a youth how Christ met with you then and by sending his spirit into your heart first convinced you of sin as was manifest by those conflicts which your soule then had both with Satan and it selfe whilst you did not believe in Christ. Secondly of righteousnesse as was manifest by the peace and comfort which you afterwards had by believing that Christ was gon to the Father and appeared in his presence as your Advocate and surety that had undertaken for you Thirdly of judgement as hath been manifest ever since in that you have been carefull with the true godly man Psal. 112.5 to guide your affairs with judgement in walking according to the minde of Christ. I have not forgotten what desires you have expressed to know the true difference betwixt the Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace and experimentally to be acquainted with the Doctrine of free grace the mysteries of Christ and the life of faith Witnesse not onely your highly approving of some heads of a Sermon which I once heard a godly Minister preach and repeated in your hearing of the life of Faith but also your earnest request to me to write them out faire and send them to you into the Countrey Yea witnesse your highly approving of this Dialogue when I first acquainted you with the Contents thereof incouraging me to expedite it to the Presse and you● kinde acceptance together with your cordiall thanks for my love manifested in dedicating it to your honoured name Sith then worthy Sir it hath pleased the Lord to enable me both to amend it and to enlarge it I hope your affections will also be inlarged towards the matter therein contained considering that it tends to the cleering of those forenamed truths and through the blessing of God may be a means to root them more deeply in your heart And truly Sir I am confident the more they grow flourish in any mans heart the more will all heart corruptions wither and decay Oh! Sir If the truth contained in this Dialogue were but as much in my heart as they are in my head I were a happie man for then should I bee more free from pride vain glory wrath anger self-love and love of the world then I am and then should I have more humility meeknesse and love both to God and man then I have oh then should I bee content with Christ alone and live above all the things in the world then should I experimentally know both how to abound and how to want and then shall I be fit for any condition nothing could come amisse unto me oh that the Lord would be pleased to write it in our hearts by his blessed Spirit And so most humbly beseeching you still to pardon my boldnesse and to vouchsafe to take it into your patronage and protection I humbly take my leave of you and remain Your obliged Servant to be commanded E. F. To all such humble hearted Readers as see any need to learn eyther to know themselves or GOD in CHRIST Loving Christians COnsider I pray you that as the first Adam did as a common person enter into covenant with God for all mankind and brake it whereby they became sinfull and guilty of everlasting death and damnation Even so Jesus Christ the second Adam did as a common person enter into covenant with God his Father for all the elect that is to say all those that have or shall believe on his name and for them kept it whereby they become righteous and heires of everlasting life and salvation And therfore it is our greatest wisdome and ought to be our greatest care and endeavour to come out and from the first Adam unto and into the second Adam that so wee may have life through his Name John 20.31 And yet alas there is no point in all practicall Divinity that wee are naturally so much averse and backward unto as unto this neyther doth Sathan strive to hinder us so much from doing any thing else as this And hence it is that we are all of us naturally apt to abide and continue in that sinfull and miserable estate that the first Adam plunged us into without eyther taking any notice

known unto them the doctrine of the Covenant of grace yet after his departure through the seducement of false teachers they were soon turned to the Covenant of works and sought to be justified either in whole or in part by it as you may see if you doe seriously consider that Epistle nay what sayth Luther it is sayth he the generall opinion of mans reason throughout the whole world That righteousnesse is gotten by the works of the Law and the reason is because the Covenant of works was ingendred in the mindes of men in the very creation so that man naturally can judge no otherwise of the law then as of a Covenant of works which was given to make righteous and to give life and salvation this pernitious opinion of the Law that it justifieth and maketh righteous before God sayth Luther again is so deeply rooted in mans reason and all mankinde are so wrapped in it that they can hardly get out yea I my selfe sayth hee have now preached the Gospell almost twenty years and have been exercised in the same daily by reading and writing so that I may well seeme to bee rid of this wicked opinion yet notwithstanding I now and then feele this old filth cleave to my heart whereby it commeth to passe that I would willingly so have to doe with God that I would bring somthing with my selfe because of which hee should give me his grace nay it is to bee feared that as you sayd many amongst us who have more means of light ordinarily then ever Luther or any before him had who yet notwithstanding doe either wholy or partly expect justification and acceptation by the works of the Law Ant. Sir I am verily perswaded that there be very many in this City of London that are carryed with a blinde preposterous zeale after their own good works and well doings secretly seeking to become holy just and righteous before God by their diligent keeping and carefull walking in all Gods Commandements and yet no man can perswade them that they doe so and truly Sir I am verily perswaded that this our neighbour and friend Nomista is one of them Evan. Alas there is a thousand in the world that make a Christ of their works and here is their undoing c. They looke for righteousnesse and acceptation more in the precept then in the promise in the law then in the Gospel in working then in believing and miscarry many poor ignorant souls amongst us when we bid them obey and doe duties they can thinke of nothing but working themselves to life when they are troubled they must lick thēselves whole when wounded they must run to the salve of duties and stream of performances and neglect Christ. Nay it is to be feared that there bee divers who in words are able to distinguish between the Law and the Gospel and in their judgements hold and maintain that man is justified by faith without the works of the Law and yet in effect and practise that is to say in heart and conscience doe otherwise rhere is some touch of this in us all otherwise we should not be so up and down in our comforts and believing as we are still and cast down with every weaknesse as we are But what say you neighbour Nomista are you guilty of these things thinke you Nom. Truly Sir I must needs confesse I begin to be somwhat jealous of my selfe that I am so and because I desire your judgement touching my condition I would intreat you to give me leave to relate it unto you Evan. With a very good will Nom. Sir I having bin born brought up in a Countrey where there was very little preaching the Lord he knoweth I lived a great while in ignorance and blindnesse and yet because I did often repeat the Lords Prayer the Apostles Creed and the ten Commandements and in that I came sometimes to Divine Service as they call it and at Easter receive the Communion I thought my condition to bee good but at last by means of hearing a zealous and godly Minister in this City not long after my comming hither I was convinced that my present condition was not good and therefore I went to the same Minister and told him what I thought of my selfe So hee told mee that I must frequent the hearing of Sermons and keepe the Sabbath very strictly and leave off swearing by my faith and troth and such like oaths and beware of lying and all idle words and communication yea and sayd hee you must get good books to read on as Master Dod on the Commandements M. Boultons directions for comfortable walking with God Mast●● Brinsleys true Watch and such like and many such like exhortations and directions he gave me the which I liked very well of and therefore endeavoured my selfe to follow them so I fell to the hearing of the most godly zealous and powerfull Preachers that were in this City and wrote their Sermons after them and when God gave mee a Family I did pray with them and instructed them and repeated Sermons to them and spent the Lords day in publique and private exercises and left off my swearing and lying and idle talking according to his exhortation in few wordes I did so reforme my selfe and my life that whereas before I had been onely carefull to performe the duties of the second Table of the Law and that to the end I might gain favour and respect from civill honest men and to avoid the penalty of mans law or temporall punishment now I was also carefull to performe the duties required in the first Table of the Law and that to gaine favour and respect from religious honest men and to avoid the penalty of Gods Law even eternall torments in hell Now when professors of Religion observe this change in me they ca●● to my house and gave unto mee the right hand of fellowship counted me one of that number And then I invited godly Ministers to my table and made much of them then with that same Mica mentioned in the book of Judges I was perswaded the Lord would be mercifull unto me because I had gotten a Levite to be my Priest in a word I did now yield such an outward obedience and conformity to both Tables of the Law that all godly Ministers and religious honest men that knew me did thinke very well of mee counting me to be a very honest man and a good Christian and indeed I thought so of my selfe especially because I had their approbation and thus I went on bravely a great while even untill I read in Master Boultons works that the outward righteousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees was famous in those times for besides their forbearing and protesting against grosse sins as murther theft adultery idolatry and the like they were frequent and constant in prayer fasting and almes deeds so that without question many of them were perswaded that their doings would purchase

Church and under the externall Covenant are called the chosen of God and the people of God But though they had been all of them believers yet as the Lord delivered it to them it would have done them no more hurt than it did them that were Nom. But Sir was the same covenant of works made with them that was made with Adam Evan. For the generall substance of the duty the Law delivered on mount Sinai and formerly engraven in mans heart was one and the same so that at mount Sinai the Lord delivered no new thing only it came more gently to Adam before his fall but after his fall came thunder with it Nom. I but Sir as your self said the ten Commandements as they were written in Adams heart were but the matter of the covenant of works and not the covenant it self till the form was annexed to them that is to say till God and man were thereupon agreed now we do not find that God and these people did agree upon any such terms at mount Sinai Evan. No say you so do you not remember that the people consented Exod. 19.8 saying All that the Lord hath spoken we will do And do you not remember that the Lord consented Levit. 18.5 saying Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgements which if a man do he shall live in them And in Deut. 27.26 saying Cursed is he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them And doth not the Apostle Paul give evidenee than these words were the form of the covenant of works when he saith Rom. 10.5 Moses describeth the righteousnesse which is of the law that the man that doth these things shall live in them when he saith Gal. 3.10 For it is writen Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them And in Deut. 4.13 Moses doth in expresse tearmes call it a Covenant saying And he declared unto you his Covenant which he commanded you to perform even ten Commandamennts and hee wrote them upon tables of stone Now this was not the Covenant of grace for Moses afterwards Deut. 5.3 speaking of this Covenant saith God made not this Covenant with your Fathers but with you And by Fathers all the Patriarkes unto Adam may be meant saith Mr. Aynsworth who had the promise of the Covenant of Christ therefore if it had been the Covenant of grace he would have said God did make this covenant with them rather then that he did not Nom. And do any of our godly and moderne witers agree with you in this point Evan. Yea indeed Polanus saith the Covenant of workes is that in which God promiseth everlasting life unto a man that in all respects performeth perfect obedience to the Law of workes adding thereunto threatnings of eternall death if hee shall not performe perfect obedience thereunto God made this Covenant in the beginning with the first man Adam whilst hee was in the first estate of integrity the same Covenant God did repeat and make againe by Moses with the people of Israel And Dr. Preston saith the Covenant of workes runs in these termes Do this and thou shalt live and I will be thy God This was the Covenant which was made with Adam and the Covenant that is expressed by M●ses in the Morall law And Mr. Walker saith that the first part of the covenant which God made with Israel at Horeb was nothing else but a renewing of the old covenant of works which God made with Adam in paradise And it is generally laid down by our Divines that we are by Christ delivered from the Law as it is a Covenant Nom. But Sir were the children of Israel at this time better able to perform the condition of the covenant of works than either Adam or any of the old Patriarks that God renewed it now with them rather then before Evan. No indeed God did not renew it with them now and not before because they were better able to keep it but because they had more need to be made acquainted what the covenant of works is then those before for though 't is true the Ten Commandements which were at first perfectly written in Adams heart were much obliterated by his fall yet some impressions and reliques thereof still remained and Adam himself was very sensible of his fall and the rest of the fathers were holpen by traditions And saith Cameron God did speak to the Patriarchs from heaven yea and he spake unto them by his Angels But now by this time sin had almost obliterated and defaced the impressions of the Law written in their hearts and by their being so long in Egypt they were so corrupted that the instructions and ordinances of their fathers were almost all worne out of mind and their fall in Adam was almost forgotten as the Apostle testifieth saying Before the time of the Law sin was in the world yet did they not impute it to themselves because there was no Law Nay in that long course of time betwixt Adam and Moses men had forgotten what was sin so that although God had made a promise of blessing to Abraham and to all his seed that would plead interest in it yet these people at this time were proud and secure and heedlesse of their estate and though sin was in them and death raigned over them yet they being without a law to evidence this sin and death unto their consciences they did not impute it unto themselves they would not own it nor charge themselves with it and so by consequence found no need of pleading the promise made to Abraham Therefore the Law entred that Adams offence and their own actuall transgression might abound So that now the Lord saw it needfull that there should be a new edition and publication of the covenant of works the sooner to compell the elect unbeleevers to come to Christ the promised seed that the grace of God in Christ to the elect beleevers might appeare the more exceeding gracious so that you see the Lords intention therein was that they by looking upon this Covenant might be put in mind what was their dutie of old when they were in Adams loines yea and what was their dutie still if they would stand to that covenant and so go the old and naturall way to work yea and hereby they were also to see what was their present infirmitie in not doing their duty that so they seeing an impossibilitie of obtaining life by that way of workes first appointed in Paradise they might be humbled and more heedfully minde the promise made to their father Abraham and hasten to lay hold on the Messiah or promised seed Nom. Then Sir it seemeth that the Lord did not renew the Covenant of workes with them to the intent that they should obtaine eternall life by their yeelding obedience to it Evan. No indeed God never made the

God simply considered in his essence is the party opposite to man and GOD the second Person having taken upon him to bee incarnate ●nd to worke mans redemption was on mans side and takes part with man that hee may reconcile him to God by bearing mans sins and satisfying Gods justice for them and Christ payed God till hee sayd Hee had enough Hee was fully satisfied fully contented Whereupon all Christs people were given to him in their election Ephes. 1.4 Thine they were fayth Christ and thou gavest them mee John 17.6 Hee sayth the Father loveth the Sonne and hath given all things into his hands John 8.35 that is hee hath intrusted him with the oeconomie and actuall administration of that power in the Church which originally belonged to himselfe and hence it is that Christ also sayth the Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgement to his Sonne John 5.22 so that the Covenant for life and salvation since the fall is not that Covenant of works that was betwixt God and Christ for none of Christs are to have to doe with that but Christ onely but the Covenant of life and salvation is that Covenant of grace that is betwixt Christ and his and in tha● Covenant there is not any condition or law to bee performed on mans part by himselfe no there is no more for him to doe but onely to know and believe that Christ hath done all for him wherefore my dear neighbour Neophytus I beseech you bee perswaded that here you are to worke nothing here you are to doe nothing here you are to render nothing unto God but onely receive the treasure which is Jesus Christ and apprehend him in your heart by faith although you be never so great a sinner and so shall you obtain forgivenesse of sinnes righteousnesse and eternall happinesse not as an agent but as a patient not by doing but by receiving nothing here commeth betwixt but faith onely apprehending Christ in the promise this then is perfect righteousnesse to heare nothing to know nothing to doe nothing of the Law or works but onely to know and believe that Jesus Christ is now gon to the Father and sitteth at his right hand not as a Judge But is made unto you of God wisdome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption wherefore sayth the Apostle Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved Neo. But Sir hath such a one as I any warrant to believe in Christ Evan. I beseech you consider that God the Father as he is in his Sonne Jesus Christ moved with nothing but with his free love to mankinde lost hath made a deed of gift and grant unto them all that whosoever of them all shall believe in this his Sonne shall not perish but have eternall life and hence it was that Jesus Christ himselfe sayd unto his Disciples Mat. 16.15 Goe and preach the Gospel to every creature under heaven that is goe and tell every man without exception that here is good news for him Christ is dead for him and if he will take him and accept of his righteousnesse hee shall have him Therefore sayth a godly writer for as much as the holy Scripture speaketh to all in generall none of us ought to distrust himselfe but believe that it doth belong particularly to himselfe and to the end that this poynt wherein lyeth and consisteth the whole mystery of our holy faith may be understood the better let us pur the case that some good and holy King should cause a proclamation to bee made through his whole Kingdome by the sound of a Trumpet that all rebels and banished men shall safely return home to their houses because that at the suit and desart of some dear friend of theirs it hath pleased the King to pardon them certainly none of these rebels ought to doubt but that he shall obtain true pardon for his rebellion and so return home and live under the shadow of that gracious King even so our good King the Lord of Heaven and Earth hath for the obedience and desart of our good brother Jesus Christ pardoned us all our sinnes and made a Proclamation throughout the whole world that every one of us may safely returne to God in Jesus Christ wherefore I beseech you make no doubt of it but draw neere with a true heart in full assurance of faith Neo. O! but Sir in this similitude the case is not alike for when an earthly King sendeth forth such a Proclamation it may be thought that he doth indeed intend to pardon all but it cannot bee thought that the King of heaven doth so for doth not the Scripture say that some men are ordained before to condemnation and doth not Christ himselfe say that many are called but few are chosen and therefore it may be I am one of them that are ordained to condemnation and therefore though I be called I shall never be chosen and so shall not be saved Evan. I beseech you to consider that although some men bee ordayned to condemnation yet so long as the Lord hath concealed their names and not set a marke of reprobation upon any man in particular but offers the pardon generally to all without having any respect eyther to election or reprobation surely it is great folly in any man to say it may bee I am not elected and therefore shall not have benefit by it and therefore I will not accept of it nor come in for it should rather move every man to give diligence to make his calling and election sure by believing it for feare we come short of it according to that of the Apostle Let us therefore feare least a promise being left us of entring into his rest any of us should seeme to come short of it Wherefore I beseech you doe not you say it may bee I am not elected and therefore I will not believe in Christ but rather say I doe believe in Christ and therefore I am sure I am elected and check your own heart for medling with Gods secrets and prying into his hidden counsell and goe no more beyond your bounds as you have done in this point for election and reprobation is a secret and the Scriptures tels us That secret things belong unto God but those things that are revealed belong unto us Now this is Gods revealed will for indeed it is his expresse command That you should believe on the name of his Son and it is his promise that if you believe you shall not perish but have everlasting life Wherefore you having so good a warrant as GODS command and so good an encouragement as his promise doe your duty and by the doing thereof you may put it out of question and bee sure that you are one of Gods Elect Say then I beseech you with a firme faith the righteousnesse of Jesus Christ belongs to all that believe but I believe and