A64611:1903
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.
2. Unto whom belongeth the benefit of remission of sins and regeneration, they may not be forbidden baptism: But unto the infants of the Church belongeth the benefit of remission of sins and regeneration; that is, remission of sins by the blood of Christ, and the holy Ghost, the worker of faith, is promised to infants, as well as to the aged: Therefore the infants of Christians ought to be baptised. The Major is confirmed out of those words of Peter; Amend your lives, 1and be baptised every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ: For the promise is made unto you, and to your children. Again, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptised, 2who have received the holy Ghost as well as we? This is also proved by manifest reason: For, unto whom the things signified belong, unto them also doth the sign belong, except some condition in the manner of using it hinder, or except there be some express circumstance of the institution hindering and letting the use of the rite and ceremony: as in ancient times, the women were excluded and debarred circumcision in regard of their sex: and at this day the showing forth of the Lords death, ⟨p. 418⟩and the proving of themselves, which infants cannot perform, excludeth them from the Sacrament of the Supper. The Minor is apparent out of the form of the covenant, I will be thy God, 3and the God of thy seed: and out of the promise, Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the kingdom of God: and out of these sayings, To you, 4and to your children is the promise made. Ye are the children of the Prophets, and of the covenant which God hath made unto our fathers. Your children are holy. If the root be holy, the branches also are holy. So also John Baptist was sanctified in the womb. If a man diligently weigh these testimonies of Scripture, he shall perceive doubtless, not only that it is lawful, but also that this Sacrament of baptism must and ought to be given to infants, because the infants are holy: The promise is made unto them, theirs is the kingdom of God: And God saith also, that he is their God; who certainly is not the God of the wicked. Moreover, there is no condition or circumstance in the infants hindering the use of Baptism. Can any man then forbid water, that those should be baptised, who are partakers of the same benefits with the whole Church?