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The Marrow of Modern Divinity (Modernized Edition)

Edward Fisher

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  • 144 chapters
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    Table of Contents

    1Contents
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    2Recommendations.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    3PREFACE.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    4Hon. Colonel John Downes,
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    5To All Those Humble-Hearted Readers,
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    6Catalogue of Authors
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    7Introduction.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    8Sect. 1. — Differences about the Law.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    9Sect. 2. — A threefold Law.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    10Sect. 1. — The Nature of the Covenant of Works
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    11Sect. 2. — Adam’s Fall.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    12Sect. 3. — The Sinfulness and Misery of Mankind by the Fall.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    13Sect. 4. — No Recovery by the Law, or Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    14Sect. 5. — The Covenant of Works binding, though broken.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    15Chapter Ii. Of The Law Of Faith, Or Covenant Of Grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    16Section I. — Of The Eternal Purpose Of Grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    17Sect. 1. — The Promise made to Adam.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    18Sect. 2 — The Promise renewed to Abraham.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    19Sect. 3. — The Law, as the Covenant of Works, added to the Promise.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min
    20Sect. 4. — The Promise and Covenant with Abraham renewed with the Israelites.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    21Sect. 5. — The Covenant of Grace, under the Mosaic Dispensation.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 41 min
    22Sect. 6 — The natural bias towards the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min
    23Sect. 7. — The Antinomian Faith rejected.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min
    24Sect. 8. — The evil of Legalism.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    25Section Iii. — Of The Performance Of The Promise.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    26Sect. 1. — Christ’s fulfilling of the Law in the room of the Elect.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    27Sect. 2. — Believers dead to the Law as the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    28Sect. 3. — The warrant to believe in Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 30 min
    29Sect. 4. — Evangelical Repentance a consequent of Faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    30Sect. 5. — The spiritual Marriage with Jesus Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    31Sect. 6. — Justification before Faith refuted.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    32Sect. 7. — Believers freed from the commanding and condemning Power of the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min
    33Sect. 1. — The nature of the Law of Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    34Sect. 2. — The law of the Ten Commandments a rule of life to believers.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    35Sect. 3. — Antinomian objections answered.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    36Sect. 4. — The necessity of marks and signs of grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    37Sect. 5. — Antinomian objections answered.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    38Sect. 6. — Holiness and good works attained to only by faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    39Sect. 7. — Slavish fear and servile hope are not the springs of true obedience.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    40Sect. 8. — The efficacy of faith for holiness of heart and life.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 21 min
    41Sect. 9 — Use of means for strengthening of faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    42Sect. 10. — The distinction of the Law of Works, and Law of Christ, applied to six paradoxes.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    43Sect. 11. — The use of that distinction in practice.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 26 min
    44Sect. 12. — That distinction a mean between Legalism and Antinomianism.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    45Sect. 13. — How to attain to assurance.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    46Sect. 14. — Marks and evidences of true faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    47Sect. 15. — How to recover lost evidences.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    48Sect. 16. — Marks and signs of union with Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min
    49Sect. 1. — No rest for the soul till it comes to God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    50Sect. 2. — How the soul is kept from rest in God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    51Sect. 3. — God in Christ the only true rest for the soul.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    52CONCLUSION.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    53DEDICATION
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    54The Author To The Well-Affected Reader.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    55Ignorant men confine the meaning of the Ten Commandments
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    56The Ten Commandments an epitome of the law of God
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    57Six rules for the right expounding of the Ten Commandments
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    58Sum Of Commandment 1.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min
    59Sum Of Commandment 2.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min
    60Sum Of Commandment 3.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min
    61Sum Of Commandment 4.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    62Sum Of Commandment 5.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 27 min
    63Sum Of Commandment 6.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min
    64Sum Of Commandment 7.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    65Sum Of Commandment 8.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    66Sum Of Commandment 9.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    67Sum Of Commandment 10.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    68The Lord requires perfect obedience to all Ten Commandments
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    69Christ has redeemed believers from the curse of the law
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    70Every man’s best actions are corrupted and defiled with sin.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    71The least sinful thought makes man liable to eternal damnation.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    72Though man cannot be justified by his obedience to the law, yet his obedience shall not be in vain
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    73Man is naturally apt to think he must do something towards his own justification, and act accordingly
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    74Christ requires that believers desire and endeavour to yield perfect obedience to all the Ten Commandments
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    75Believers shall be rewarded for their obedience, and with what
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    76In what manner believers are to confess their sins on a day of humiliation
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    77Why and to what end believers are to receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    78The Difference Between The Law And The Gospel.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    79The Occasion of the “Marrow” Controversy, stated by the late Rev. John Brown, of Haddington.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min
    80Queries agreed to by the Commission of the General Assembly, and put to those Ministers who submitted a Representation a
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    81Query 1. Gospel Precepts
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 16 min
    82Query 2. The Believer and the Moral Law
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min
    83Query 3. Promises, Threatenings, and the Covenant of Works
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    84Query 4. The Moral Law and the Threat of Hell
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    85Query 5. Freedom from the Covenant of Works
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    86Query 6. Justification, Holiness, and Glory
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    87Query 7. A Holy Life and Free Grace
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    88Query 8. The Direct Act of Justifying Faith
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 41 min
    89Query 10. Christ as a Gift in the Gospel Offer
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    90Query 11. Distinguishing the Law
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    91Query 12. Hope of Heaven and Fear of Hell
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    92Notes: RECOMMENDATIONS.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    93Notes: To All Those Humble-Hearted Readers,
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    94Notes: Sect. 2. — A threefold Law.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 19 min
    95Notes: Chapter I. Of The Law, Or Covenant Of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    96Notes: Sect. 2. — Adam’s Fall.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    97Notes: Sect. 3. — The Sinfulness and Misery of Mankind by the Fall.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    98Notes: Sect. 4. — No Recovery by the Law, or Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    99Notes: Chapter Ii. Of The Law Of Faith, Or Covenant Of Grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    100Notes: Section I. — Of The Eternal Purpose Of Grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    101Notes: SECTION II. — OF THE PROMISE.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 14 min
    102Notes: Sect. 2 — The Promise renewed to Abraham.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    103Notes: Sect. 3. — The Law, as the Covenant of Works, added to the Promise.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min
    104Notes: Sect. 4. — The Promise and Covenant with Abraham renewed with the Israelites.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    105Notes: Sect. 5. — The Covenant of Grace, under the Mosaic Dispensation.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min
    106Notes: Sect. 6 — The natural bias towards the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    107Notes: Sect. 7. — The Antinomian Faith rejected.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min
    108Notes: Sect. 8. — The evil of Legalism.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    109Notes: Sect. 1. — Christ’s fulfilling of the Law in the room of the Elect.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 31 min
    110Notes: Sect. 2. — Believers dead to the Law as the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 68 min
    111Notes: Sect. 3. — The warrant to believe in Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 45 min
    112Notes: Sect. 4. — Evangelical Repentance a consequent of Faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 22 min
    113Notes: Sect. 5. — The spiritual Marriage with Jesus Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min
    114Notes: Sect. 6. — Justification before Faith refuted.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    115Notes: Sect. 7. — Believers freed from the commanding and condemning Power of the Covenant of Works.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 54 min
    116Notes: Chapter Iii. Of The Law Of Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min
    117Notes: Sect. 2. — The law of the Ten Commandments a rule of life to believers.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min
    118Notes: Sect. 3. — Antinomian objections answered.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 18 min
    119Notes: Sect. 4. — The necessity of marks and signs of grace.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min
    120Notes: Sect. 5. — Antinomian objections answered.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min
    121Notes: Sect. 6. — Holiness and good works attained to only by faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 25 min
    122Notes: Sect. 7. — Slavish fear and servile hope are not the springs of true obedience.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 26 min
    123Notes: Sect. 8. — The efficacy of faith for holiness of heart and life.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min
    124Notes: Sect. 10. — The distinction of the Law of Works, and Law of Christ, applied to six paradoxes.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
    125Notes: Sect. 11. — The use of that distinction in practice.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 20 min
    126Notes: Sect. 12. — That distinction a mean between Legalism and Antinomianism.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    127Notes: Sect. 13. — How to attain to assurance.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    128Notes: Sect. 14. — Marks and evidences of true faith.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    129Notes: Sect. 15. — How to recover lost evidences.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    130Notes: Sect. 16. — Marks and signs of union with Christ.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    131Notes: Chapter Iv. Of The Heart’S Happiness, Or Soul’S Rest.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    132Notes: Sect. 2. — How the soul is kept from rest in God.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    133Notes: Sect. 3. — God in Christ the only true rest for the soul.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min
    134Notes: SUM OF COMMANDMENT 10.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    135Notes: The least sinful thought makes man liable to eternal damnation.
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    136Notes: Though man cannot be justified by his obedience to the law, yet his obedience shall not be in vain
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    137Notes: Why and to what end believers are to receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    138Notes: APPENDIX
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    139Notes: Queries agreed to by the Commission of the General Assembly, and put to those Ministers who submitted a Represent
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    140Notes: Query 1. Gospel Precepts
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    141Notes: Query 2. The Believer and the Moral Law
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min
    142Notes: Query 8. The Direct Act of Justifying Faith
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 2 min
    143Notes: Query 11. Distinguishing the Law
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min
    144Notes: Query 12. Hope of Heaven and Fear of Hell
    pp. 1–1 · ≈ 1 min

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