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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.
Certain Arguments assoiled, whereby some, in a public disputation held in Heidelberg, An. 1568. June to. (D. Peter Boquine being Moderator, and M. George Withers English-man, the Respondent) endeavoured to abolish Ecclesiastical Discipline: which Arguments, with their Solutions, were taken word by word from the mouth of D. Ursine, at the repetition of this disputation, the next day privately made in Colleg. Sapient. The THESES proposed concerning Church Discipline were these two: 1. To the sincere preaching of the word and lawful administration of the Sacraments is required an office or power of Government in the Church. 2. This office I thus interpret; That the Ministers, with the Seniory, should have, and should exercise a power of convicting, reproving, excommunicating, and executing any other point of Ecclesiastical discipline on any offenders whatsoever, even on Princes themselves. 1. Where the Word and Sacraments are rightly to be administered, there must the authority of discipline be established: But in the Primitive Church, and at this day in well ordered Churches, the authority of discipline is not established: Therefore the Word and Sacraments are not rightly there administered. But absurd were it so to say: Therefore absurd also to impose a necessity of discipline on the Church. Ans. These words, To be rightly administered, are doubtful, and have a diverse meaning. 1. To administer rightly, signifieth, so to administer, as that the administration wholly agree with the prescript of the Lord. 2. It signifieth, To administer (not according to the right, perfect, and exact observing of it; but) so that the administration be pleasing to God, and profitable for the salvation of the Church. In this whole world the Sacraments are not rightly administered according to the former signification: but according to the later signification they are. For, albeit some blemishes, by reason of the Churches weakness and imbecility, cannot be corrected and amended on a sudden; yet the administration may please God, and profit the Church: albeit we are nevertheless to acknowledge and bewail the defects: for,1 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Except these things be granted, there will be no pure Church in the world. We may seem now to have sufficiently assoiled this objection: but yet further also we deny the Minor:
Certain Arguments assoyled, whereby some, in a publick disputation held in Heidelberge, An. 1568. June to. (D. Peter Boquine being Moderator, and M. George Withers English-man, the Respondent) endeavoured to abolish Ecclesiasticall Discipline: which Arguments, with their Solutions, were taken word by word from the mouth of D. Ursine, at the repetition of this disputation, the next day privately made in Colleg. Sapient. The THESES proposed concerning Church Discipline were these two: 1. To the sincere preaching of the word and lawfull administration of the Sacraments is required an office or power of Government in the Church. 2. This office I thus interpret; That the Ministers, with the Seniory, should have, and should exercise a power of convicting, reproving, excommunicating, and executing any other point of Ecclesiasticall discipline on any offenders whatsoever, even on Princes themselves. 1. WHere the Word and Sacraments are rightly to be administred, there must the authority of discipline be established: But in the Primitive Church, and at this day in well ordered Churches, the authority of discipline is not established: Therefore the Word and Sacraments are not rightly there administred. But absurd were it so to say: Therefore abjurd also to impose a necessity of discipline on the Church. Ans. These words, To be rightly administred, are doubtfull, and have a diverse meaning. 1. To administer rightly, signifieth, so to administer, as that the administration wholly agree with the prescript of the Lord. 2. It signifieth, To administer (not according to the right, perfect, and exact observing of it; but) so that the administration be pleasing to God, and profitable for the salvation of the Church. In this whole world the Sacraments are not rightly administred according to the former signification: but according to the later signification they are. For, albeit some blemishes, by reason of the Churches weaknesse and imbecillity, cannot be corrected and amended on a sudden; yet the administration may please God, and profit the Church: albeit we are neverthelesse to acknowledge and bewail the defects: for,