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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.
In it was life, and the life was the light of men.) We interpret, that the Son of God is by himself the life, 1as is the Father, and the fountain, giver and maintainer of all life, as well corporal and temporal, as spiritual and eternal, in all from the very beginning of the world. 2He hath given to the Son to have life in himself, as the Father hath life in himself. They construe it: That the man Jesus is the quickener and giver of life, because in him is the life of all, that no man without him, and all by him are saved. These are ⟨p. 253⟩their words. Unto which we reply: If he give eternal life to all, so that no man hath it without him: Therefore, either no man was quickened before he was born of Mary (which were absurd) or, he was the quickener and giver of life from the beginning: Even as John affirmeth this of him, as being verified in him also before he was made flesh: Neither can this be understood only of his merit, whereby he deserveth this life for men: For, that life is in him, signifieth that he is,3 by his efficacy and effectual working, the quickener and reviver, as himself expoundeth it, and the adversaries themselves confess. So are we also to understand his enlightening of men, that is, the knowledge of God, the author whereof he was in all, even from the beginning, as himself saith, No man knoweth the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. And John Baptist saith,4 No man hath seen God at any time: the Son hath declared him.
In it was life, and the life was the light of men.) Wee interpret, that the Sonne of God is by himselfe the life, 1as is the Father, and the fountaine, giver and maintainer of all life, as well corporall and temporall, as spirituall and eternall, in all from the very beginning of the world. 2