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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 Explication.
1The Articles following are concerning the benefits of Christ, which either heretofore have been, or hereafter shall be bestowed on the Church by the holy Ghost. Communion is a respect or reference between two or moe parties which have the same thing in common. The foundation and ground of this relation is the thing it self which is common: The relative is that property of the thing, to wit, that it is common: The term which the community of this thing respecteth is the possessors themselves, which have common fruition of one or many things.2 The communion therefore of saints is an equal participation of all the promises of the Gospel: Or, it is a common possession of Christ and all his benefits; and a bestowing of gifts by the head Christ on each member of his body for the salvation thereof. 3It signifieth therefore, 1. A conjoining of all the saints with Christ as members with the head, wrought by the holy Ghost, who dwelleth in the head and in the members, conforming and making them like unto their head; yet reserving still this proportion, that in the head he worketh all graces, and that most perfectly; in the members he worketh those gifts which are convenient for every one, and so much as is for every one requisite and necessary: Or, An union and coherence of the Church with Christ, and of the members amongst themselves: and that union with Christ is with the whole person of Christ, to wit, with both his divine and humane nature. For the communion of the person is the foundation of the communion of the benefits, according to these sayings;