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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.
3. What are the ends of the Ecclesiastical discipline, and what abuses are therein to be avoided.
3. What are the ends of the Ecclesiasticall discipline, and what abuses are therein to be avoided.
Christ hath given to his Church the power of Excommunication, not for the destruction of the sinner which is to be excommunicated, but for his edification and salvation. Wherefore the end of this discipline is not to establish the sovereignty and tyranny of the Ministers: The Kings of the Gentiles reign over them; 1but ye shall not be so. The Ministers themselves must most of all be subject to this discipline, and with this bridle they are specially contained within the bounds of their vocation; because the Keys belong not to Ministers alone, but to the whole Church. Much less is this the end of Ecclesiastical discipline, that wretched sinners should be vexed, oppressed,2 and driven to desperation (these are the slanders of the enemies of this discipline) but the true ends are those which the Apostle delivereth and showeth: §11. That the rebellious, by this means disgraced and terrified, may bethink themselves and repent, Let such a man be delivered unto Satan,3 for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. §22. Lest other Christians, by the example and conversation of wicked ones, should be corrupted. For, one scabbed sheep, unless he be cured or excluded, may infect the whole flock; and a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. Your rejoicing is not good: