A64611:1933
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.
3. Baptism hath this force and power, to testify and seal by the commandment of God, through the promise of grace adjoined by Christ unto this rite rightly used. For Christ baptiseth us by the hand of his Ministers, as he speaketh unto us by the mouth of his Ministers.
3. Baptism hath this force and power, to testifie and seal by the commandement of God, through the promise of grace adjoined by Christ unto this rite rightly used. For Christ baptiseth us by the hand of his Ministers, as he speaketh unto us by the mouth of his Ministers.
4. Wherefore there is in baptism a double water; an external, visible water, which is elementary: and an internal, invisible, celestial, which is the blood and spirit of Christ. So also there is a double washing; an external, visible, and signifying washing, namely, the sprinkling or pouring of water, which is corporal; that is, is perceived by the parts and senses of the body: and an internal, invisible, and signified washing, namely, remission of sins for the blood of Christ shed for us, and our regeneration by the holy Ghost, and our engrafting into his body, which is spiritual; that is, is perceived and received by faith and the spirit. Lastly, there is also a double administer of baptism; an external, of the external baptism, which is the Minister of the Church, baptising us by his hand and water: an internal, of the internal baptism, which is Christ himself, baptising us by his blood and spirit.
4. Wherefore there is in baptism a double water; an externall, visible water, which is elementary: and an internall, invisible, celestiall, which is the bloud and spirit of Christ. So also there is a double washing; an externall, visible, and signifying washing, namely, the sprinkling or powring of water, which is corporall; that is, is perceived by the parts and senses of the body: and an internall, invisible, and signified washing, namely, remission of sins for the bloud of Christ shed for us, and our regeneration by the holy Ghost, and our ingraffing into his body, which is spirituall; that is, is perceived and received by faith and the spirit. Lastly, there is also a double administer of baptisme; an externall, of the externall baptisme, which is the Minister of the Church, baptising us by his hand and water: an internall, of the internall baptisme, which is Christ himselfe, baptising us by his bloud and spirit.