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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
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.
And, The Spirit distributeth to every man severally as he will. 1The Apostles before they had received the holy Ghost at Whitsuntide, were the lively members of the Church; yet erred they concerning the kingdom and office of the Messiah. There were of the Chiliasts opinion, great men in the Church as Papyas, Irenaeus, Apollinarius, Tertullian, Victorinus, Lactantius, Methodius, Martyr: And therefore, although the Church err not universally, yet oftentimes some of her members err, when as they swerve from the word: which God suffereth not seldom to happen unto them, for to keep us, being warned of our weakness and blindness, in modesty, and his true fear, and in daily invocating of him; and withal, to teach us, that the truth of doctrine is not to be measured by the title of the Church, but by the word delivered of him by the hands of the Prophets and Apostles: as it is said, Thy word, O Lord, 2is a lantern unto my feet, and a light unto my paths. Likewise,3 Keep that which is committed unto thee, and avoid profane and vain babblings.
And, The Spirit distributeth to every man severally as hee will. 1The Apostles before they had received the holy Ghost at Whitsontide, were the lively members of the Church; yet erred they concerning the kingdome and office of the Messias. There were of the Chiliasts opinion, great men in the Church as Papyas, Irenaeus, Apollinarius, Tertullian, Victorinus, Lactantius, Methodius, Martyr: And therefore, although the Church erre not universally, yet oftentimes some of her members erre, when as they swerve from the word: which God suffereth not seldome to happen unto them, for to keep us, being warned of our weaknesse and blindnesse, in modesty, and his true feare, and in daily invocating of him; and withall, to teach us, that the truth of doctrine is not to be measured by the title of the Church, but by the word delivered of him by the hands of the Prophets and Apostles: as it is said, Thy word, O Lord, 2is a lanterne unto my feet, and a light unto my paths. Likewise,