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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.
5. The knowledge of God is either simply and absolutely perfect, whereby God only knoweth himself; that is, the eternal Father, Son, and holy Ghost, know themselves in several, and each other mutually, and understand wholly and most perfectly their own infinite essence, and the manner of each persons existing, and being. For unto the perfect knowledge of an infinite thing, none but an infinite understanding can attain. Or, there is a knowledge of God belonging unto reasonable creatures, whereby Angels and Men know indeed the whole and entire nature and majesty of God, as being most simple: but they know it not wholly, that is, they so far only understand it, as he revealeth it unto them.
5. The knowledge of God is either simply and absolutely perfect, whereby God only knoweth himself; that is, the eternall Father, Son, and holy Ghost, know themselves in severall, and each other mutually, and understand wholly and most perfectly their owne infinite essence, and the manner of each persons existing, and being. For unto the perfect knowledge of an infinite thing, none but an infinite understanding can attaine. Or, there is a knowledge of God belonging unto reasonable creatures, whereby Angels and Men know indeed the whole and entire nature and majesty of God, as being most simple: but they know it not wholly, that is, they so far only understand it, as he revealeth it unto them.
6. The knowledge of God, which is in creatures, if it be compared with that, whereby God understandeth and knoweth himself, is to be accounted imperfect. ⟨p. 531⟩But if the degrees thereof in it self be considered, it is also either perfect or imperfect; yet not simply, but in comparison, that is, in respect of the inferior and superior degree. The perfect knowledge of God in creatures is that, whereby Angels and Men in the celestial life know God by a most clear and bright beholding of the mind, so much as sufficeth for the conformity of the reasonable creatures with God. The imperfect is that, whereby men in this life know God, not so much as they could at first by the benefit of their creation: and therefore were notwithstanding bound unto it still by Gods commandment.