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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
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.
Hither belongeth the similitude of the body and the members, the vine and the branches, which have nothing to do with any corporal eating. This communion was and is common to all the faithful from the beginning unto the worlds end. But they could not eat the body of Christ corporally by their mouth. That we might grow up unto him, by whom all the body is coupled and knit together. 1He that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. 2And by one spirit are we all baptised into one body. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us: 3because he hath given us of his Spirit. This union therefore is that communion which is wrought by the holy Ghost; wherefore it is spiritual: For bread cannot be this communion but by a figure, as it is a sign. Repl. He that is guilty of the body of Christ, eateth it: They who receive unworthily are guilty of the body of Christ: Therefore they eat it corporally, for spiritually they cannot; because if they could so eat it, they should not be guilty. Answ. The Major is false. For he is guilty of Christs body, who by his sins hangeth it on the cross again, and despiseth Christs benefits. For any real eating is not required to this guilt: but he that will not receive Christ offered by faith, is thereby made guilty. So the injury done unto the Ark is said to be done unto the Lord. Repl. They that discern not the Lords body, eat it: But the guilty discern it not: Therefore they eat it. Ans. It the Major be taken sacramentally, as of the bread, which is called, and is the body of Christ, it is true: but if properly, it is false. For, not to discern his body, is, not to give due honour to it, to contemn it; yea, not to receive the thing signified. So, They are said to tread under foot the Son of God, 4and to count the blood of the testament as an unholy thing, who contemn him. 5. They reason from the testimony of the Fathers, and the godly of ancient times in the purer state of the Church. Ans. The sayings of the Fathers are to be understood sacramentally, or of our spiritual communion. Repl. 1. Augustine saith, Thou shalt receive this in the bread, which hung on the cross: and this is the cup, which was shed out of Christs side. Answ. In the bread, as in the sign, that is, together with the sign, thou shalt receive the thing signified. When we receive the bread, we are certain that we have Christ. Repl. 2.