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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.
2. What the wicked receive in the Lords Supper.
1The wicked and hypocrites coming to the Lords Supper, receive not the things signified, to wit, Christs body and blood; but the bare signs of bread and wine, and those to their judgement and damnation. This is proved,2 §11. From the definition of eating. To eat Christ, is through faith to be made partakers of his merit, efficacy, and benefits: as it is said: He that eateth me, liveth by me, dwelleth in me, and I in him. But the wicked and unfaithful are not partakers of Christ: Therefore they ear not Christ. §22. From the manner and instrument of eating. Christs body is eaten by faith alone: For, we apprehend Christ with his benefits by faith only; and Christs body is the meat and food of the soul, not of the belly; of the heart, not of the mouth; as it is well expressed in Luther's Catechism: These words: FOR YOU, require believing or faithful hearts. But the wicked and hypocrites are destitute of faith: Therefore they receive not Christs body. §33. Christ in the Supper offereth his body to be eaten of them only, for whom he offered himself on the Cross. But he offered himself on the Cross for the faithful only, not for the wicked and hypocrites: I pray not for the world, but for them which believe. This is my body, 3which is given for you. §444. Christs body is the quickening bread, which whosoever receiveth, receiveth life therewithal. For Christs spirit is not separate from his body. He that eateth my flesh, dwelleth ⟨p. 464⟩