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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.
The Explication.
1Two things are contained in this second Commandment: the Commandment it self, and an exhortation to obedience. The end or scope of the Commandment, is: That the true God alone, who commandeth himself to be worshipped in the first Commandment, be rightly worshipped of us: namely, with such worship, wherewith it is right and meet he should be worshipped of intelligent and understanding creatures, and such as pleaseth him, and be in no sort dishonoured by superstitious kinds of worship. Wherefore the true worship of the true God is here enjoined, and withal a rule is given, that we holily and religiously contain and hold our selves within the lists and tarriers prescribed by God, neither add ought to that worship which God himself hath instituted, nor maim the same so much as in the least point: which also we are in other places expressly enjoined by the Lord.2 Now the true and uncorrupt worship of God is every internal or external work, commanded of God, done in faith, which is persuaded that both the person and the work please God for the Mediators sake; the chief end whereof is, that due honour may be given unto God, whereby we may show that we acknowledge him alone for the true God, who hath willed the worship to be thus done unto him.3 And, To worship God truly, is so to worship him, as himself hath manifested in his word that he will be worshipped. Contrariwise, in this second Commandment is forbidden all will-worship, that is, all false worship; namely, not only that creatures or Images be not reputed or worshipped for God, but also that we resemble not him the very true God by any Image or shape, neither worship him by Images, and at Images, or with any other kind of worship, which himself hath not commanded. For when he condemneth the chief or grossest, and most evident kind of false worships, namely, the worshipping of God at, or by Images, it is manifest that he forbiddeth also the other kinds of false worships, seeing this is the head and fountain of all the rest. For he forbiddeth the most gross kind of Idolatry, not thereby to exclude others, and acquit them from this inhibition, but because this is the fountain of all the rest.