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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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1To their former arguments our adversaries add, That it is a shame that the holy Ghost speaking in the Church, should be subject to the examination and judgment of another: and therefore we must not examine him by the rule of the Scripture. But seeing that the same Spirit speaketh in the Church, and in the Scripture; when we do examine the voice of the Church by Scripture, we do not subject the holy Ghost to another, but we compare him with himself. And by this means, 1. We give unto him the praise of truth and constancy, while we do acknowledge and restifie, that he is always like himself, and doth never square from himself: 2. We confess that the supreme authority of pronouncing the will of God belongeth unto him, while we ⟨p. 23⟩do not seek whether those things be true and certain which he hath spoken, but whether those be his words which men ascribe unto him: and this do we, even after the self same manner which he hath prescribed us; and after we find out by the rule of the written word, that any thing hath proceeded from him to that, without making any controversy, we submit our minds and wills. Contrariwise, it is easy to see,2 that our adversaries themselves are guilty of that contumely against the holy Ghost, of which they accuse us: For while they will have the authority of giving judgement, concerning the meaning of the Scripture, and deciding of controversies, not to belong unto the Scripture, but unto themselves; by this very thing, 1. They imagine that the holy Ghost may dissent from himself; 2. They make themselves Judges higher then the holy Ghost, and Word of God.
1To their former arguments our adversaries adde, That it is a shame that the holy Ghost speaking in the Church, should be subject to the examination and judgment of another: and therefore we must not examine him by the rule of the Scripture. But seeing that the same Spirit speaketh in the Church, and in the Scripture; when wee doe examine the voice of the Church by Scripture, we do not subject the holy Ghost to another, but we compare him with himself. And by this means, 1. We give unto him the praise of truth and constancy, while we do acknowledge and restifie, that he is alwaies like himself, and doth never square from himself: 2. We confesse that the supreme authority of pronouncing the will of God belongeth unto him, while we