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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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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.
4. The final causes or ends of the Passion.
4. The finall causes or ends of the Passion.
THE final causes and fruits of Christs Passion are all one, save that they differ in divers respects. For in respect of Christ, who suffered, they are termed final causes: in respect of us, they are called fruits. The final causes or ends of his Passion are. 1. The manifesting of the love, goodness, mercy, righteousness of God, while he punisheth his Son for us. 2. That his Passion might be a sufficient ransom of our sins, or the redeeming of us. The chief final causes then are, The glory of God, and our salvation. To the former final cause belongeth the knowledge of the greatness of sin, that we may know how great an evil sin is, and what it deserveth. To the latter belongeth our justification, wherein all the benefits are comprehended, which Christ merited, by dying, and by his freeing himself from death. Hence know we that death is not now pernicious and hurtful to the godly, and therefore not to be feared.
THE finall causes and fruits of Christs Passion are all one, save that they differ in divers respects. For in respect of Christ, who suffered, they are termed finall causes: in respect of us, they are called fruits. The finall causes or ends of his Passion are. 1. The manifesting of the love, goodnesse, mercy, righteousnesse of God, while he punisheth his Sonne for us. 2. That his Passion might be a sufficient ransome of our sins, or the redeeming of us. The chiefe finall causes then are, The glory of God, and our salvation. To the former finall cause belongeth the knowledge of the greatnesse of sinne, that we may know how great an evill sinne is, and what it deserveth. To the latter belongeth our justification, wherein all the benefits are comprehended, which Christ merited, by dying, and by his freeing himselfe from death. Hence know we that death is not now pernicious and hurtfull to the godly, and therefore not to be feared.