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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.
1Object. 10. He that is holpen by another in conversion and in beginning good works doth somewhat of them himself, before he is holpen: For he that hath help, beginneth the action; God helpeth us: wherefore it is of our selves to begin good works. The Minor is proved, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief: the Spirit helpeth our infirmity. 2Ans. Nothing can follow in conclusion of mere particular propositions: For the Major here is not universal, seeing not only he may help who beginneth a work, but he also in whom it is begun, and accomplished by another. Now so doth God help us, that himself doth first breed and engender in us true knowledge of him, and an inclination to obey him and the beginnings of good motions, and doth increase also and perfect the same begun by him. But he is therefore said to help us, because he doth so work in us, that we are not idle, but work while he worketh: and yet we are able no more to persist, or to bring it to an end, without him, then to begin it: And therefore we, being inclined, moved, and governed by him, will also of our selves of ⟨p. 90⟩our own accord, and are able to work well, and do work well, that is, because God worketh good things not only in us, but also by us, as joint-workers with him:3 He that hath begun this good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. It is God who worketh in you both the will and the deed, even of his good pleasure. Repl. The beginning, and proceeding, and accomplishment of conversion is the free work and gift of God: Therefore mans will, when he is converted, doth nothing, but is mere passive. There should be no use also (as hath been said before) of laws, discipline, doctrine, exhortations, and such like. Answ. We deny the consequence of this reason: because the reason proceedeth from the putting of the first cause, to the removing of the second or instrumental cause. Again, it is a mere fallacy, concluding that to be simply so, which is but in some respect so: For, 1. The Will, as also the whole man renewed, is both the subject and instrument co-operating and jointly working of his conversion,4 that is, is converted of God, and doth convert himself: For the action of God converting and inclining the Will, goeth before the assent of the Will, not in time, but in nature only. 2.