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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.
Neither do we at all take away the deciding of controversies, 1when we make Scripture Judge of meaning of the Scripture. For although contentious persons always seek sophisms, by which they may delude and shift off the testimonies of Scripture; yet do they this against their conscience: and the lovers of the truth require no other interpreter of the Scripture, but the Scripture; and do acknowledge and confess themselves to be plentifully satisfied by it.
Neither do we at all take away the deciding of controversies, 1when wee make Scripture Judge of meaning of the Scripture. For although contentious persons alwaies seek sophismes, by which they may delude and shift off the testimonies of Scripture; yet do they this against their conscience: and the lovers of the truth require no other interpreter of the Scripture, but the Scripture; and do acknowledge and confesse themselves to be plentifully satisfied by it.
- 1Deciding of controversies is not taken away.
1For whereas unto men also it is granted, to be themselves the best interpreters of their own words: how much more ought this honour to be yielded unto the holy Scripture? wherefore, if controversies be moved concerning the meaning of some place in the Scripture, we ought much more to do that here, which we would do in other writings.§1 2To consider and respect the analogy of faith, that is, to receive no exposition which is against the ground of doctrine, that is, against any article of Faith, or commandment of the Decalogue, or against any plain testimony of Scripture: Even as Paul admonisheth, forbidding to build wood, hay,