Marrow of Modern Divinity [Hardcover]

Edward Fisher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 10, 2009

An intriguing book, quite unlike any other, The Marrow of Modern Divinity defies pigeonholing. It was written in the 1600s by an author of whom we know little, yet it proved to be a critically important and controversial theological text.
Penned as dialogue between a minister(Evangelista), a young Christian(Neophytus), a legalist(Nomista) who believes Christianity is a set of rules to be obeyed and Antinomista who thinks it's okay to sin because God will forgive him anyway, it makes for a wonderfully insightful book that remains tremendously relevant for our world today.
This newly laid out and eagerly awaited edition includes explanatory notes by the famous puritan Thomas Boston, an Introduction by Philip Ryken and an historical Introduction by William Vandoodeward.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 390 pages
• Publisher: Christian Focus (September 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1845504798
• ISBN-13: 978-1845504793
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Edition of a Puritan Classic, October 16, 2011

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Christopher "Chris Cole" (Huntersville, NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Marrow of Modern Divinity (Hardcover)

The Marrow is the historically important book that caused the Marrow Controversy (The Marrow Controversy 1718-1723 (Rutherford studies)) in the Church of Scotland. The Marrow is written as a dialogue among a pastor, a legalist, an antinomian, and a neophyte Christian. It advocates a free grace gospel against both a works-righteousness gospel and a cheap-grace gospel. At the time that Boston's edition came out (circa 1720), the Moderate Party dominated the Church of Scotland, and advocated a legalistic or neonomian gospel. Thus the free-grace perspective of the Marrow was condemned, and its maintainers, the so-called Marrowmen, were deposed from the ministry. The deposed ministers formed the Associate Presbytery, nicknamed the Secession Church. More information can be found in History Of The Secession Church (1839) and The Erskines: Ebenezer And Ralph (1880). In spite of the accusations of antinomianism, the book clearly advocates a role for the Law in sanctification, though not in justification, a dual-covenant view of the Law, as a covenant of grace to the elect, but a covenant of works to the reprobate. There is a great deal of repetition in the Marrow text, and some of the footnotes run for several pages, so reading it can be a bit tedious.