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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
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 testimonies of Fathers in this point.
Unto these arguments drawn out of the sacred Scripture, and the ground of our faith, may be added testimonies of the Fathers, and the purer Church; who, if we look into their writings, we shall find, that they plainly teach the same doctrine touching the Lords holy Supper, which we do. Among many we will produce only some few notable and clear in this point. Irenaeus saith,1 The earthly bread, taking his name from the word of God, is no longer common bread, but becometh the Eucharist or Sacrament, which consisteth of two things; an earthly, and an heavenly thing. Tertullian, The bread which he took and distributed among his Disciples, he made it his body, saying, This is my body; that is, The figure of my body.2 Clemens of Alexandria, This is to drink Christs blood, to be partaker of Christs immortality. Cyprian, Neither can his blood, wherewith we are redeemed and justified, seem to be in the Chalice, when the wine faileth in the Chalice, wherein Christs blood is showed, which is spoken of in every Sacrament and testimony of Scripture. Again, the same Father saith, As often as ⟨p. 448⟩we do this, we sharpen not our teeth to bite withal, but we break and part the sanctified bread with a sincere faith, whilst we distinguish and separate that which is divine, from that which is humane, and joining them again after their separation, confess one God and man: yea, we our selves are made his body by this Sacrament, and knit and united to our head by the thing signified by the Sacrament. 3