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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.
6. Why Christs satisfaction is made ours, or in what sort God imputeth it unto us for righteousness.
6. Why Christs satisfaction is made ours, or in what sort God imputeth it unto us for righteousnesse.
1The perfect fulfilling of the law performed by Christ for us, is made ours, or applied unto us, through the alone and free mercy of God, as who from everlasting did predestinate us to this grace, and freely chose us in Christ, to whom he might apply, of his mere grace of faith, that justice and righteousness at his appointed time, according to the good pleasure of his will, as the Apostle speaketh: that is, according to his mere good pleasure, not being moved with any holiness which he foresaw ⟨p. 385⟩would be in us. The reason is, because there can be no good thing in us, except God first work in us. Wherefore all imagination and affirmation of merit is to be taken away, as which fighteth with the grace of God, and is a denial of his divine grace: For the grace and mercy of God is the only cause of both applications. He of his goodness, infinite and passing measure, applieth Christs merit unto us, and maketh that we also may apply the same unto us. The cause therefore why this application is wrought, is in God alone; but not at all in us, that is, it is neither any thing foreseen in us, neither also our apprehension and receiving of this justice; for all the gifts and graces which are in us, are effects of the application of Christs merit: and therefore that merit of Christ is no way applied unto us for the works sake which we do; but this is done, as the Apostle teacheth,2