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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.
1Last of all they urge: Seeing that God would the fall of Adam, either as it was sin, or as a punishment, and could not will it as a punishment, because no sin had gone before which should be therewith punished; it seemeth to follow that God would that work as it was sin. But this consequence also is deceitful, because there is not a sufficient enumeration in the Major. For although the first sin was no punishment, yet God would that action not as a sin, and contrary to his will and nature; but as in punishing, and receiving again mankind into favour by his Son, it was a way and occasion of exercising and manifesting his justice and mercy, and an example of the weakness of all creatures, yea of the most excellent, if they be not by the singular goodness of the Creator preserved; as it is declared, God hath shut up all in unbelief, that he might have mercy on all. 2And in the same place it is showed concerning the blindness of the Jews, That partly this obstinacy was come to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles were come in: and that the Jews are enemies, of the Gospel for our sakes; and that we have obtained mercy through their unbelief: That is, that God would this their obstinacy, not as it was a sin of the Jews, neither only as a punishment of other sins, but also an occasion of translating the Gospel unto the Gentiles. And it is said that God in the preaching of the Law respecteth this, That all the world be culpable before him. 3Wherefore this also he respected and would in permitting of sin, which if it had not come between, The Law had not made the world culpable before God.
1Last of all they urge: Seeing that God would the fall of Adam, either as it was sin, or as a punishment, and could not will it as a punishment, because no sin had gone before which should be therewith punished; it seemeth to follow that God would that worke as it was sin. But this consequence also is deceitfull, because there is not a sufficient ennumeration in the Major. For although the first sin was no punishment, yet God would that action not as a sin, and contrary to his will and nature; but as in punishing, and receiving againe mankinde into favour by his Son, it was a way and occasion of exercising and manifesting his justice and mercy, and an example of the weakenesse of al creatures, yea of the most excellent, if they be not by the singular goodnesse of the Creator preserved; as it is declared, God hath shut up all in unbeleefe, that he might have mercy on all.