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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.
1If they object farther, He that doth evil that good may come of it, doth not well; God, when he permitteth evil for good ends, doth evil that good may come of it: Wherefore he doth against his justice and law; and by a Consequent is bound to hinder evil. We deny the Minor: for God, when he permitteth evil, doth not evil, but good. For the permission of sin is one thing, which is the good and just work of God; and sin is another thing, which is the evil and unjust work of the Devil, or man sinning and transgressing the Law.
1If they object farther, He that doth evill that good may come of it, doth not well; God, when he permitteth evill for good ends, doth evill that good may come of it: Wherefore he doth against his justice and law; and by a Consequent is bound to hinder evill. Wee deny the Minor: for God, when he permitteth evill, doth not evill, but good. For the permission of sin is one thing, which is the good and just work of God; and sin is another thing, which is the evill and unjust work of the Divell, or man sinning and transgressing the Law.
Lastly, they say, What God permitteth willingly, that he will to be done; but he willingly permitteth sin: wherefore he will sin to be committed, and by a Consequent is the cause of sin. 1But the Major is to be denied: God will the permission, that is, the privation of his spirit and grace: but the sin of his creature, which concurreth