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A collection of certain learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zechariah…A collection of certaine learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary…
A collection of certain learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary Ursine; doctor and professor of divinity in the noble and flourishing schools of Neustad. For explication of divers difficult points, laid down by that author in his catechism. Lately put in print in Latin by the last labour of D. David Parry: and now newly translated into English, by I.H. for the benefit and behoof of our Christian country-manA collection of certaine learned discourses, written by that famous man of memory Zachary Ursine; doctor and professor of divinitie in the noble and flourishing schools of Neustad. For explication of divers difficult points, laide downe by that author in his catechisme. Lately put in print in Latin by the last labour of D. David Parry: and now newlie translated into English, by I.H. for the benefit and behoofe of our Christian country-man
Oxford: printed by Joseph Barnes, 1600Oxford: printed by Ioseph Barnes, 1600
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
OF THE CAUSE OF SIN Part of a letter of Ursinus to his friend, concerning the cause of sin.
OF THE CAVSE OF SINNE Parte of a letter of Vrsinus to his friend, concerning the cause of sinne.
One terrible bug-bear they have, of the cause of sin, all the rest is foolish, and not worthy the answering. But even that also is a childish fallacy of accident. For by accident, that is, through defect, fault, and error of the will of the Devil or man, sin cometh to be that work, which God by will (most just & most agreeable to his nature & the Law) will have done, permitting in the mean time the sins of the creature, that is, not so correcting & directing it, that it may do justly together with God doing justly: or else while he doth not enlighten it with the knowledge of his will, or doth not so turn it by his spirit, that it may do that which it doth, for obedience sake to the revealed will of God. So that God ever doth well, both by those that are good, and also by those that are evil. But the creature doth well together with God, in that goodness wherein it is created, preserved, or thereunto again restored by God. The good therefore which it doth is the work of God, which himself doth will and effect; the evil which it doth is from ⟨p. 128⟩it self. Now this evil is not done, but permitted by God, whiles he doth not cause the will of the creature to become good, and to do good together with God doing good. For the same work in respect of diverse causes is both good & evil, mutable & immutable, contingent & free, as the causes them-selves are diverse which concur in producing thereof. He which sees not this, sees nothing. But if I can I will one day answer you in few words. For whether I can or no, & when I can I do not yet know, besides that it is tedious to me to handle these stale sophisms. Learn in secret, & when your thoughts are at leisure, meditate on this: that every man may trouble a true, but God alone can quiet it. If you would not cry roast meat, you might have fared much better.