Marrow
of
Modern Divinity:
In Two Parts
Part I
the covenant of works and the covenant of grace
Part II
an exposition of the ten commandments
By Edward Fisher, A. M.
With Notes
By the Rev. Thomas Boston
minister of the gospel, ettrick
Philadelphia:
Presbyterian Board of Publication,
no. 821 chestnut street
Introduction—Sect. I. Difference about the law—2. A threefold law
Chap. I.—Of the Law of Works, or Covenant of Works
Sect. I. The nature of the covenant of works—Sect. II. Adam’s fall—Sect. III. The sinfulness and misery of mankind by the fall—Sect. IV. No recovery by the law, or covenant of works—Sect. V. The covenant of works binding, though broken
Chap. II.—Of the Law of Faith, or Covenant of Grace
Sect. I. Of the eternal purpose of grace—Sect. II. Of the promise—1. The promise made to Adam, ib—2. The promise renewed to Abraham—3. The law, as the covenant of works, added to the promise—4. The promise and covenant with Abraham, renewed with the Israelites—5. The covenant of grace under the Mosaic dispensation—6. The natural bias towards the covenant of works—7. The Antinomian faith rejected—8. The evil of legalism—Sect. III. Of the performance of the promise—1. Christ’s fulfilling of the law in the room of the elect—2. Believers dead to the law as the covenant of works—3. The warrant to believe in Christ—4. Evangelical repentance a consequent of faith—5. The spiritual marriage with Jesus Christ—6. Justification before faith, refuted—7. Believers freed from the commanding and condemning power of the covenant of works
Chap. III.—Of the Law of Christ
Sect. I. The nature of the law of Christ—2. The law of the ten commandments a rule of life to believers—3. Antinomian objections answered—4. The necessity of marks and signs of grace—5. Antinomian objections answered—6. Holiness and good works attained to only by faith—7. Slavish fear and servile hope not the springs of true obedience—8. The efficacy of faith for holiness of heart and life—9. Use of means for strengthening of faith—10. The distinction of the law of works, and law of Christ, applied to six paradoxes—11. The use of that distinction in practice—12. That distinction a mean betwixt legalism and Antinomianism—13. How to attain to assurance—14. Marks and evidences of true faith—15. How to recover lost evidences—16. Marks and signs of union with Christ.
Chap. IV.—Of the Heart’s Happiness, or Soul’s Rest
Sect. I. No rest for the soul till it come to God—2. How the soul is kept from rest in God—3. God in Christ the only true rest for the soul
Ignorant men confine the meaning of the ten commandments
The ten commandments an epitome of the law of God
Six rules for the right expounding of the ten commandments
The sum of the first commandment, &c.
Wherein the first and second commandments differ, &c.
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About The Marrow of Modern DivinityThe Marrow of Modern Divinity takes a detailed look at the redemptive-historical and covenantal understanding of the Gospel as well as practical direction for living the Christian life. Edward Fisher’s book also gives an in-depth account of the Decalogue as well as making use of it when in company of unbelievers or Christians. The information covered in The Marrow of Modern Divinity gives you a greater knowledge of the gospel and the biblical message. Such topics as biblical and God’s sovereignty in the covenant of grace, our assurance in Christ and being sanctified by grace instead of by the law are just a few of the subjects covered in Fisher’s book. |
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