This is the refrain from a poem by Ralph Erskine. He anticipated the NTJ by two hundred fifty years. Erskine (d. 1752) was one of those who upheld the gospel against the moralists of his day and he was one of the . . . Continue reading →
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Fisher's Catechism on Distinction Between the Special and General Kingdoms
James Fisher published a widely-read (and oft-reprinted) Exposition of the Shorter Catechism (1753). Ebenezer Erskine and other of the “Marrow Men,” i.e., those who were the gospel-men in 18th-century Scotland (as opposed to the moralists of the time) were also associated with . . . Continue reading →
Ebenezer Erskine On The Distinction Between Law And Gospel
This law of works or commandments requires and exacts of you what is impossible as a term or condition of life, and that is a perfect or sinless obedience. No mere man since the fall is able perfectly to keep the commandments . . . Continue reading →
Why The Marrow Still Matters: Recovering The Reformation
The Marrow of Modern Divinity was regarded by the orthodox Reformed, in the 17th century, as a good summary of the orthodox view of law and gospel, justification, sanctification, and the third (normative) use of the law in the life of the Christian. . . . Continue reading →
Colquhoun: Every Passage Of Scripture Is Either Law Or Gospel
The law and the gospel are the principal parts of divine revelation; or rather they are the center, sum, and substance of all the other parts of it. Every passage of sacred Scripture is either law or gospel, or is capable of . . . Continue reading →