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The sum of Christian religion, delivered by Zacharias Ursinus first, by way of catechism,…The summe of Christian religion, delivered by Zacharias Ursinus first, by way of catechism,…
The sum of Christian religion, delivered by Zacharias Ursinus first, by way of catechism, and then afterwards more enlarged by a sound and judicious exposition, and application of the same : wherein also are debated and resolved the questions of whatsoever points of moment have been, or are controversed in divinity / first Englished by D. Henry Parry, and now again conferred with the best and last Latin edition of D. David Pareus, sometimes Professor of Divinity in Heidelberg ; whereunto is added a large and full alphabetical table of such matters as are therein contained ; together with all the Scriptures that are occasionally handled, by way either of controversy, exposition, or reconciliation, neither of which was done before, but now is performed for the readers delight and benefit ; to this work of Ursinus are now at last annexed the Theological miscellanies of D. David Pareus in which the orthodoxall tenets are briefly and solidly confirmed, and the contrary errors of the Papists, Ubiquitaries, Antitrinitaries, Eutychians, Socinians, and Arminians fully refuted ; and now translated into English out of the original Latin copy by A.R.The summe of Christian religion, delivered by Zacharias Ursinus first, by way of catechism, and then afterwards more enlarged by a sound and judicious exposition, and application of the same : wherein also are debated and resolved the questions of whatsoever points of moment have been, or are controversed in divinitie / first Englished by D. Henry Parry, and now again conferred with the best and last Latine edition of D. David Pareus, sometimes Professour of Divinity in Heidelberge ; whereunto is added a large and full alphabeticall table of such matters as are therein contained ; together with all the Scriptures that are occasionally handled, by way either of controversie, exposition, or reconciliation, neither of which was done before, but now is performed for the readers delight and benefit ; to this work of Ursinus are now at last annexed the Theologicall miscellanies of D. David Pareus in which the orthodoxall tenets are briefly and solidly confirmed, and the contrary errours of the Papists, Ubiquitaries, Antitrinitaries, Eutychians, Socinians, and Arminians fully refuted ; and now translated into English out of the originall Latine copie by A.R.
London: printed by James Young, 1645
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But against these testimonies of the Scriptures and the ancient Church, the adversaries of the truth contend, that besides the doctrine which is comprised in the holy Bible, other decrees also, made by the authority of the Church, are no less unchangeable, and necessary to salvation, then the Oracles Prophetical and Apostolic. And, that they may not without some show and pretence take upon them this authority of decreeing what they list,1 besides and contrary unto the Scripture; they allege places of Scripture, in which some writings of the Prophets and Apostles are mentioned, which are not come to our hands: as, The book of the wars of the Lord, The book of the just, The book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, The prophecy of Enoch, and the story of the body of Moses. And lastly, the Apostle Paul maketh mention of his Epistles, which now the Church hath not. Hence therefore these men will conclude, That the doctrine of the sacred Scripture is maimed, and that therefore the defect hereof must be supplied by the Church. But first of all, concerning the holy Scripture we are to know, that so much thereof hath been preserved of God for us, as was necessary and profitable for the doctrine and consolation of the Church. Furthermore, concerning points of Religion, though some holy books are wanting; as those Epistles of Paul, yet it is manifest, ⟨p. 15⟩that all necessary doctrine is contained in those which are extant.
But against these testimonies of the Scriptures and the ancient Church, the adversaries of the truth contend, that besides the doctrine which is comprised in the holy Bible, other decrees also, made by the authority of the Church, are no lesse unchangeable, and necessary to salvation, then the Oracles Propheticall and Apostolike. And, that they may not without some shew and pretence take upon them this authority of decreeing what they list,1 besides and contrary unto the Scripture; they alledge places of Scripture, in which some writings of the Prophets and Apostles are mentioned, which are not come to our hands: as, The booke of the wars of the Lord, The book of the just, The booke of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah, The prophecie of Enoch, and the story of the body of Moses. And lastly, the Apostle Paul maketh mention of his Epistles, which now the Church hath not. Hence therefore these men will conclude, That the doctrine of the sacred Scripture is maimed, and that therefore the defect hereof must be supplied by the Church. But first of all, concerning the holy Scripture we are to know, that so much thereof hath been preserved of God for us, as was necessary and profitable for the doctrine and consolation of the Church. Furthermore, concerning points of Religion, though some holy books are wanting; as those Epistles of Paul, yet it is manifest,