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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
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1Object. 3. He that is borne of God, sinneth not: Therefore the regenerate sin not. Answ. 1. He sinneth not to death: For the Elect do not wholly forsake God, albeit they sin against their consciences; but they retain still some beginning of true godliness, by which, as by sparkles, they are stirred again to repentance: as David, Peter, and others. 2. He sinneth not as he is regenerated: but he sinneth as long as he abideth in this life, sin not reigning in him, and yet sometimes reigning too, as he is not regenerated by the Spirit of God, but is as yet carnal:2 For regeneration, or the renewing of us to the image of God, is not perfected in an instant, but is begun only in this life, and in the life to come is at length finished. For so doth John himself pronounce of himself, and all the Saints in this life:3 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us. If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This is therefore the meaning of John, that the regenerate indeed do sin, but yet not so, that they make much of their sin, or do so at any time yield and assent to evil desires, that they cast away all love of godliness, and repent not: ⟨p. 56⟩For always in the regenerate there remaineth some remnant of a regenerate nature, which causeth either a strife against sin, or else true repentance: that is, it suffereth them not to sin to death, or everlasting destruction, or wholly to forsake God. And this consolation so long they enjoy, as they know themselves to be regenerated, that is, as they keep faith and a good conscience.
1Object. 3. Hee that is borne of God, sinneth not: Therefore the regenerate sinne not. Answ. 1. He sinneth not to death: For the Elect do not wholly forsake God, albeit they sinne against their consciences; but they retaine still some beginning of true godlinesse, by which, as by sparkles, they are stirred again to repentance: as David, Peter, and others. 2. He sinneth not as he is regenerated: but he sinneth as long as he abideth in this life, sinne not reigning in him, and yet sometimes reigning too, as he is not regenerated by the Spirit of God, but is as yet carnall: