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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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IIHe ought to be True man; that is, descending and springing of mankind which had sinned; not created of nothing, or coming from heaven, but every way subject to all our infirmities, sin only except: §11. Because of Gods justice, which requireth that the self same humane nature which had sinned, should pay for those sins: For, The soul which sinneth shall die. 2And, In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt die ⟨p. 115⟩the death. Wherefore true man, of the posterity of Adam which transgressed, ought to pay for men that which was required at their hands. Hitherto tend those sayings; Since by man came death by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 3There is one God, and one Mediator between God and man, which is the Man Christ Jesus. He took the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it became him to be made like unto his brethren, &c. Hereof the Apostle also saith, that we are buried with Christ through baptism, in whom we are also raised up together, &c. And Augustine, in his book of true religion,4 saith, The same nature was to be taken which was to be delivered. §22. For the truth of God; who often by the Prophets describeth our Mediate our to be such a man as is poor, weak, contemptible: And of Isaiah especially is he described to be such a one. §33. For our comfort; for except we knew him to have come out of Adams loins, and sprung of his blood, we should never be able to resolve that he is the promised Messiah and Saviour, and our natural brother. For it is registered in Scripture, that The seed of the woman should break the head of the serpent. 5In thy seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed. Whence the Apostle teacheth, that He that sanctifieth, and they that are sanctified are all of one; (that is, of the same humane nature) wherefore he is not ashamed to call them brethren. Now therefore that he might be our brother, it was requisite that he should be born of Adam: For,