A64611:1847
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 confirmation of the eleventh conclusion. The figure of Baptism being correspondent to the Ark of Noah, doth also save us, not the outward washing away of the filth of the flesh, but the inward testifying of a good conscience towards God. The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? And seeing the Sacraments are an external instrument, whereby the holy Ghost fostereth and preserveth faith, it followeth, that they serve for the salvation of Believers, as doth the Word. But contrary, the wicked, through the abuse of the Sacraments, and the contempt of Christ and his benefits, which are offered unto them in his Word and Sacraments, and through the confession of his doctrine, which they embrace not with a true faith, ⟨p. 408⟩purchase unto themselves the anger of God, and everlasting pains, according to the saying of the Prophet:1 He that killeth a Bullock, is as if he slew a man: he that sacrificeth a sheep, 2is as if he cut off a dogs neck. And S. Paul, Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But the things signified, because they are received by faith only, and are either proper unto salvation, or salvation it self, as Christ and his benefits, they cannot be received of the wicked, neither can they at all be received but unto salvation.
The confirmation of the eleventh conclusion. The figure of Baptisme being correspondent to the Arke of Noah, doth also save us, not the outward washing away of the filth of the flesh, but the inward testifying of a good conscience towards God. The bread which we breake, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? And seeing the Sacraments are an externall instrument, whereby the holy Ghost fostereth and preserveth faith, it followeth, that they serve for the salvation of Beleevers, as doth the Word. But contrary, the wicked, through the abuse of the Sacraments, and the contempt of Christ and his benefits, which are offered unto them in his Word and Sacraments, and through the confession of his doctrine, which they imbrace not with a true faith, ⟨p. 408⟩purchase unto themselves the anger of God, and everlasting pains, according to the saying of the Prophet: