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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
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The Explication.
IN this first part concerning the Misery of man, principally is handled the common place of sin, and of the effects and punishments of sin. To this are annexed other subordinate places, and in this tract less principal then the fore-named, as, the Common places of the creation of man, of the image of God in man, of original sin, of freewill, and of afflictions. Touching our Misery, we are to know in general, What it is, Whence it is known, and the means how.
IN this first part concerning the Misery of man, principally is handled the common place of sin, and of the effects and punishments of sin. To this are annexed other subordinate places, and in this tract lesse principall then the fore-named, as, the Common places of the creation of man, of the image of God in man, of originall sin, of freewill, and of afflictions. Touching our Misery, we are to know in generall, What it is, Whence it is knowne, and the meanes how.
1The name of Misery stretcheth farther then the name of Sin. By the name of Misery we understand, as well the evil of trespass or offence, as the evil of punishment. The evil of trespass is, all sin: The evil of punishment is, all calamity, torment, and destruction of our reasonable nature. To be short, the evil of punishment comprehendeth all miseries and sins that follow after, wherewith sins that go before are punished. So the numbering of the people committed by David, is both a sin, and a punishment of sin which went before, to wit, of the adultery and murder committed by David; that is to say,2 it was an evil both of offence, and of punishment: Therefore Mans misery is his wretched estate since the fall, consisting of two great evils; 1. That mans nature through sin is corrupted and averted from God. 2. That for this corruption it is guilty of an eternal malediction, and rejected of God.