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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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Against these and the like errors,1 the sentence and doctrine of the Church is confirmed By plain places of Scripture, which testify, Christ, Mary's §12Son, to have been made like unto us in all things, that is, in essence, in properties, in infirmities, sin only excepted. Lo, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bear a Son. Seeing then the Virgin conceived this her Son in her womb, bare it until the usual time of delivery, and was delivered of it, as other women use to be of their children; it followeth, that his flesh was nor brought from heaven, or else-where taken, which should but pass only through the womb of the Virgin, but was formed in the Virgins ⟨p. 274⟩womb, of her seed and substance. He that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one: 3wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren. And a little after: For as much as the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them. Again, In all things it became him to be like to his brethren: Therefore he hath a humane nature of the same kind wholly with ours: Hereof he is called, The fruit of Mary's womb, 4The first begotten Son of Mary, Made of a woman, The seed of Abraham, Made of the seed of David, Borne of the Jews concerning the flesh, The Son of Abraham, of David, and the Son of man. And also his pedigree and stock, concerning the flesh, is deduced unto Adam: Therefore he was begotten of the substance of his mother, and issued from the same seed of Adam, from which we did. Christ proveth himself to be a true man, and not a spirit, by this, that a spirit hath no flesh and bones, as he hath, and retaineth, even after his resurrection. Apollinaris the Heretic said,5 That Christs body indeed was a true body; but instead of a soul, he had the Word only. But this man is easily refuted, because Christ should not then have been like unto his brethren in all things, except sin. And Christ himself doth plainly confess,