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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.
The questions are divers, Wherefore Christ rose: and, What fruits Christs resurrection bringeth unto us. For, all the causes of Christs resurrection are not fruits of his resurrection: and after a diverse manner are the causes and the fruits of his resurrection considered: and moreover, the benefits of Christ, bestowed by his resurrection, are one way considered as causes of Christs resurrection; to wit, inasmuch as it was necessary that he should rise from death to bestow them on us: and otherwise as fruits of the same; namely, inasmuch as by the power of his resurrection he bestoweth them on us.
THe questions are divers, Wherefore Christ rose: and, What fruits Christs resurrection bringeth unto us. For, all the causes of Christs resurrection are not fruits of his resurrection: and after a diverse manner are the causes and the fruits of his resurrection considered: and moreover, the benefits of Christ, bestowed by his resurrection, are one way considered as causes of Christs resurrection; to wit, in asmuch as it was necessary that he should rise from death to bestow them on us: and otherwise as fruits of the same; namely, in asmuch as by the power of his resurrection he bestoweth them on us.
Furthermore, the fruit of Christs resurrection is of two sorts: the one respecting Christ; 1the other, us. For first (as the Apostle saith) He is declared by the resurrection to be the Son of God: even the only begotten and well-beloved Son of God, who is also God himself. For he revived by his own power, which is the property of God alone.2 In him was life. As the Father hath life in himself, so likewise hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Again, Christs humane nature also was by his resurrection adorned with heavenly gifts, immortality, and that glory which becometh the nature of the Son of God. God wrought according to the working of his mighty power in Christ, 3