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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
Title page: Internet Archive scan of the Early English Books microfilm
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.
3. For whom Christ died: Or, whether he died for all.
WE must answer this question by distinguishing the terms thereof, that so we may reconcile such Scriptures as carry a show of contrariety: For in some places Christ is said to have died for all, 1and for the whole world: as, Who is a reconciliation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world. That by Gods grace he might taste of death for all men. 2We thus judge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead. And he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. Who gave himself a ransom for all men. Contrariwise, in as many places Christ is said to have died, prayed, offered up himself,3 &c. only for many, only for the elect, for his peculiar people, for his Church, for his sheep, &c. Not for the world, not for the unfaithful. I pray for them: I pray not for the world; but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine: that is, for the elect alone. The Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life for the ransom of many. I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He shall save his people from their sins. This is my blood of the New Testament, that is shed for many for the remission of sins. Christ was once offered to take away the sins of many. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many: for he shall bear their iniquities. Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it.