A14216:2247
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.
7 Neither is the bread changed into the body of Christ, nor the wine into the blood of Christ: neither doth the body and blood of Christ succeed in their place, they being abolished: neither is Christs body substantially present in the bread, or under the bread, or where the bread is: but in the right use of the Lords supper, the holy Ghost useth this Symbol, as an instrument, to stir up faith in us, by which he more and more dwelleth in us, engrafteth us into Christ, and maketh us thorough him to be just and righteous, and to draw eternal life from him.
7 Neither is the bread changed into the bodie of Christ, nor the wine into the bloud of Christ: neither doth the bodie and bloud of Christ succeed in their place, they beeing abolished: neither is Christs body substantially present in the bread, or vnder the bread, or where the bread is: but in the right vse of the Lords supper, the holy Ghost vseth this Symbole, as an instrument, to stirre vp faith in vs, by which he more and more dwelleth in vs, engraffeth vs into Christ, and maketh vs thorough him to bee iust and righteous, and to draw eternal life from him.
8 Now when Christ saith, This, that is, this bread, is my body, and, This cup is my blood, the speech is sacramental or metonymical, because the name of the thing signified is attributed to the sign it self: that is, it is meant, that the bread is the sacrament or sign of his body and doth represent him, and doth testify that Christs body is offered for us on the cross, and is given unto us to be the food of eternal life, and therefore is the instrument of the holy Ghost to maintain and increase this food in us, as Saint Paul saith, 1. Corinth. 10. The bread is the communion of the body of Christ, that is, it is that thing, by which we are made partakers of christs body. And elsewhere he saith: We have been all made to drink into one spirit. The same is the meaning also: when it is said, ⟨p. 774⟩