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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.
OF FREE-WILL.
1THE principal scope and question of this disputation is, Whether as man averted himself from God; so on the other side he be able by his own strength to return to God, to receive grace offered by God, and to amend himself. And further, Whether the Will of man be the first and principal cause why others are converted, others persist in their sins: and as well of the converted, as not converted, others are more, others less good or evil; and in a word, do either good or evil, some after one manner, some after another. To this question the Pelagians and the like adversaries make answer, That so much grace is both given of, and left by nature to all men, that they are able to return unto God, and obey him: neither ought we to seek any other cause before, or above mans Will, for which others receive or retain, others refuse or cast away divine succour and aide in avoiding sin, and do after this or that manner order and institute their counsels and actions. Contrariwise, we have learned out of the sacred Scriptures, That no work pleasing to God can be undertaken or performed by any man without regeneration, and the s•••all grace of the holy Spirit; neither can more or less good be in any mans counsels or actions, then God of his free goodness doth cause in them; neither any other way can the will of any creature be inclined, then whither it shall seem good to the eternal and good counsel of God: and yet all the actions of the created will, both good and bad, are wrought freely. For the clearing hereof we are to consider: 1 What the liberty of the will, or free-will is. 2 What difference there is of the free-will which is in God, and that which is in reasonable creatures, Angels and Man. 3 Whether there be any liberty of mans will. 4 What manner of liberty of will is in man; or how many are the degrees of free-will, according to the four estates of man.