A14216:1269
The Sum of Christian Religion
The sum of Christian religion: delivered by Zacharias Ursinus in his lectures upon the Catechism authorised by the noble Prince Frederick, throughout his dominions: wherein are debated and resolved the questions of whatsoever points of moment, which have been or are controversed in divinity. Translated into English by Henry Parry, out of the last & best Latin editions, together with some supply of wa[n]ts out of his discourses of divinity, and with correction of sundry faults & imperfections, which are [sic] as yet remaining in the best corrected Latin.The summe of Christian religion: deliuered by Zacharias Vrsinus in his lectures vpon the Catechism autorised by the noble Prince Frederick, throughout his dominions: wherein are debated and resolued the questions of whatsoeuer points of moment, which haue beene or are controuersed in diuinitie. Translated into English by Henrie Parrie, out of the last & best Latin editions, together with some supplie of wa[n]ts out of his discourses of diuinitie, and with correction of sundrie faults & imperfections, which ar [sic] as yet remaining in the best corrected Latine.
Oxford: printed by Joseph Barnes, 1587Oxford: printed by Ioseph Barnes, 1587
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.
that is, all the gifts and graces whatsoever are in all the blessed Angels and men, and those in the most excellent and high degree, that he might be sufficient for the restoring, ruling, preserving of his Church, and for administering the government of the whole world, and for the directing thereof to the safety and salvation of his Church. John 3.34. God giveth him not the spirit by measure. Hebr. 1.9. Wherefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Isaiah 61.1. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, therefore hath the Lord anointed me. The ⟨p. 441⟩anointing therefore is of the whole person, yet with this difference, that it is so applied to both natures, as it signifieth the ordaining of him to the Mediatorship. For he is Mediator according to both natures, who was always present with his Church, even before his flesh was borne:1 But as his anointing designeth the communicating of the gifts of the holy GHOST, so his humane nature only is meant to be anointed. For his Godhead, because it is always in it self goodness most perfect, and passing measure, is not anointed, but anointeth & filleth with gifts and graces both his own humanity, which his God-head doth personally inhabit, as also all the elect and chosen. Wherefore one and the same Christ, in respect of his diverse natures, is both anointed and anointer, as raiser and raised. For the father anointeth with the holy Ghost, but by the Lord: so that Ireneus said prettily, that by the name of anointing was comprised and understood the three persons of the godhead, The anointer, the anointed, and the anointing.
that is, al the giftes and graces whatsoeuer are in all the blessed Angels and men, and those in the most excellent and high degree, that hee might bee sufficient for the restoring, ruling, preseruing of his Church, and for administering the gouernement of the whole woorlde, and for the directing thereof to the safetie and saluation of his Church. Iohn 3.34. God giueth him not the spirite by measure.