another." Chap. vi. 16, "And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God." Matt. xi. 25, "I thank thee O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes." 1 Cor. xv. 10, "I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me." Psalm xxxvi. 11, "Let not the foot of pride come against me." THE MARROW OF MODERN DIVINITY. PART SECOND. "We know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully."-1 TIM. i. 8. THE MARROW OF MODERN DIVINITY. PART SECOND. "We know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully."-1 Tim. i. 8. TO THE RIGHT HON. JOHN WARNER, LORD MAYOR OF THE MOST RENOWNED CITY OF LONDON, E. F. wisheth a most plentiful increase of Spiritual wisdom, and all necessary graces for the discharge of his duty, to the glory of God, and the good of his people. RIGHT HONOUrable, THE rod of God's judgments hath been now long upon us, which we by our manifold sins have procured, according as it is said concerning Jerusalem, Jer. iv. 18. "Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee." And have we any just ground to hope, that till the cause be taken away, the effect will cease? Can we expect that the Lord will turn away his judgments, till we turn away from our sins? And can we turn away from our sins before we know them? And can we come to know our sins any otherwise than by the law? Doth not one apostle say, that "sin is the transgression of the law?" 1 John iii. 4. And doth not another apostle therefore say, that "by the law is the knowledge of sin ?" Rom. iii. 20. Surely, then, a treatise, wherein is shown what is required, and what is forbidden, in every commandment of the law, and so consequently what is sin, must needs be for this cause, and at this time, very seasonable. But yet, alas! that although there be ever so many treatises written, or ever so many sermons preached upon this subject, yet do they either remain wilfully ignorant of their sins, or else though they know them, yet will they not forego them, but rather choose wilfully to wallow on in the mire of iniquity, so sweet and dear are their sins unto them. But what, then, must they be suffered so to go on without restraint? No; God forbid. Such persons as the law and love of God will not constrain, such must the execution of justice |
