A64611:1991
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
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.
Drink ye all of this.] This commandment of Christ we oppose against the sacrilege of the Pope, who bereaveth the Laity of the cup;1 and against that sophistical figment of concomitancy of the blood with the body under the form of the bread. Christ biddeth all eat, and all drink: The Pope will not permit all to drink, but the Priest only; the Lay-men he suffereth to eat only, because (saith he) they drink it eating. This shameful dealing is reproved and confuted by Christs commandment, Drink ye all of this. Here the Popes Sophisters cavil with us; telling us, that this commandment, which we urge and press on them, pertaineth only to the disciples then present, who were no Lay-men, but Priests. But we answer, 1. That they fondly imagine Christs disciples to have been Mass-mumming Priests. 2. There is no such difference in Scripture, as they put of Priests and Lay-men, seeing the Scripture intituleth all the faithful priests of God: He hath made us kings and priests unto God, 2even his Father. Ye are a royal and holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 3. Under this pretext and colour the whole Supper might be taken away from the Laity; especially from women, if it were true that such men only were to be admitted to the Supper as were at the first Supper. Their tale of concomitancy is an impious and sacrilegious pretext, which Christ confuteth and discovereth to be false, when he calleth the bread by it self his body, and the cup by it self his blood, and reacheth both apart to his disciples to be eaten and drunk, and commandeth them henceforth to be so ministered apart.
Drink ye all of this.] This commandement of Christ we oppose against the sacriledge of the Pope, who bereaveth the Laity of the cup;1 and against that sophisticall figment of concomitancie of the bloud with the body under the form of the bread. Christ biddeth all eat, and all drink: The Pope will not permit all to drink, but the Priest only; the Lay-men he suffereth to eat only, because (saith he) they drink it eating. This shamefull dealing is reproved and confuted by Christs commandement, Drink ye all of this. Here the Popes Sophisters cavill with us; telling us, that this commandement, which we urge and presse on them, pertaineth only to the disciples then present, who were no Lay-men, but Priests. But we answer, 1. That they fondly imagine Christs disciples to have been Masse-mumming Priests. 2. There is no such difference in Scripture, as they put of Priests and Lay-men, seeing the Scripture intituleth all the faithfull priests of God: He hath made us kings and priests unto God,