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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.
1. What justice or righteousness in general is.
1. What justice or righteousnesse in generall is.
Righteousness is derived from Right, which is the law it self; and conformity with the law is righteousness it self:1 as, of the contrary, unrighteousness or sin is a transgressing of the law.2 In general, it may be thus defined: Justice is a conformity with God, or with the law of God: although indeed a definition so general of justice can scarce be given, as may agree both to God and Creatures (even such as may agree to the farthest and highest kinds of justice or righteousness, which are, Uncreate, and Created righteousness) except we will make a definition full of ambiguity.3 For uncreated justice or righteousness is God himself, who is the very squire and rule all of justice. Created justice is an effect of uncreate or divine justice in reasonable creatures. Justice therefore or righteousness in general (as it agreeth to creatures) is a fulfilling of those laws, which belong to reasonable creatures: or is the conformity or correspondence of reasonable creatures with the laws appertaining and belonging unto them. Finally, Justice is the fulfilling of the law: and conformity with the law is justice or righteousness it self. This we must know, because we must be justified by the fulfilling of the law: and we must understand, that the law is not abolished, but established by the Gospel. For the righteousness and justice of the Gospel, is the fulfilling of the law: but doth not at all disagree from the law.