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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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Of the Schism of the Consubstantials.
Of the Schisme of the Consubstantials.
Luther's foundation and main ground, at first, was those words only of Christ, This is my body. Afterwards in a disputation bad with the adversaries of this opinion ⟨p. 452⟩pinion the 27. and 28. year he retired and fled to the Ubiquity, and for that one foundation or ground afore-named he assumed four other: 1. The personal union of the natures in Christ. The right hand of God, which is every where. 3. The truth of God, which cannot lie. 4. The three fold manner of the existence of Christs body in any place. But being at length repulsed from these holds, he betook himself again to Christs words, and desired that all disputation of Ubiquity should quite be revoked. Notwithstanding, since his time, some, Lutherans by profession, finding no sufficient warrant for their cause in Christs words, have set Ubiquity on foot again, and at this day account it the best stake in their hedge;1 though others utterly disclaim it. Hence arose a faction and division among the Consubstantials: some are *simply Lutherans, who by Christs words only defend the being of Christs body in the bread, and the eating it with the mouth: some are *multipresentiarie and omnipotentiarie Lutherans, that is, such as think Christs body to be present at once in many hosts, by reason of the omnipotency really communicated therewith. Lastly, some are *omnipresentiarie Lutherans, who, to assoil the presence of Christs body in the bread, lay hold on the shield of Ubiquity, and teach that Christs body is every where present by virtue of the union with the Word, and therefore is present in the bread, both before and after the use thereof in the Supper; and that the right of consecration doth effect only that it be eaten in the bread. Of this our young Divines, for the understanding of this controversy, may not be ignorant. For hereby they perceive, that at this day there are two main columns or pillars erected to under-prop Consubstantiation, namely,