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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
Title page: Internet Archive scan of the Early English Books microfilm
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.
1Obj. The man, Jesus, is called the only begotten, because he only was begotten of the Virgin by the holy Ghost. It is a misconstruing and corrupt interpretation of the word: For, §11. He is so the only begotten, that he is also the proper or natural Son. Now, such a one is said to be the only begotten, not for the special manner only of begetting, but because he only was begotten of his substance, whose Son he is called, or because he only hath his essence issuing from the substance of the Father. §22. Because he is the very same, by whom all things were made and are preserved, who is in the bosom of the Father, even from the beginning of the world, revealing God unto the chosen: who being sent from heaven into the world, took flesh, &c. He is called the only begotten Son of the Father.2 We saw the glory thereof, that is, of the Word; but not of the man Jesus, as Heretics would have it: For there is no other Antecedent in that place, but the Word: For these words go before: The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us: then followeth, and we saw the glory thereof. If then the Word it self be called, and is the only begotten; then Christ is called the only begotten in this place, not in respect of the manner of his generation of the Virgin, but in respect of his generation from everlasting of the Father. §33. The Words generation of the Father, is often in Scripture discerned and distinguished from Christs generation, of the Virgin. The Evangelist, as we see, calleth the Word the only begotten of the Father. Of wisdom it is said,3 That before the mountains, that is, from the beginning, it was formed, or (as the Chaldee Paraphrast interpreteth it) begotten: but we read in Matthew,4 that Jesus, who is called Christ, was borne of Mary. §44. The only begotten is opposed to Angels and Men. But Angels and Men are the sons of God, either by creation or by adoption, or by sanctification, after what sort soever this be wrought by the holy Ghost: Therefore Christ must needs be called the only begotten for