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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
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The Major is false, because, as hath before been showed, obedience being once forsaken and shaken off, Gods justice could not be satisfied for our offence, but only by sufficient and due punishment, in regard of his commination once uttered;1 In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death. Ans. 2. Though we grant the Minor, that forsooth, a mere man by his obedience might perfectly fulfil the law; yet this obedience could not have been a price for another's debt, since every man is bound to perform the same. It was required therefore that our Mediator should pay a sufficient punishment for us, and in regard hereof, be armed with the power of the God-head: for the devils themselves are not able to sustain the weight of Gods wrath against sin▪ much less should man be able to do it. Repl. But all the devils and wicked men bear and sustain, and are constrained to bear and sustain the everlasting wrath of God. Ans. They indeed bear the immeasurable wrath of God,2 but so that they never satisfy Gods justice, neither recover out of punishment; for their punishment is extended to all eternity. But it beseemed the Mediator so to bear the burden of Gods wrath, that after he had satisfied for our sins, he might shake off that burden, and take it away both from himself and from us.
The Major is false, because, as hath before been shewed, obedience being once forsaken and shaken off, Gods justice could not be satisfied for our offence, but only by sufficient and due punishment, in regard of his commination once uttered;1 In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt die the death. Ans. 2. Though we grant the Minor, that forsooth, a meer man by his obedience might perfectly fulfill the law; yet this obedience could not have been a price for anothers debt, since every man is bound to perform the same. It was required therefore that our Mediatour should pay a sufficient punishment for us, and in regard hereof, be armed with the power of the God-head: for the divels themselves are not able to sustain the weight of Gods wrath against sin▪ much lesse should man be able to do it. Repl. But all the divels and wicked men bear and sustain, and are constrained to bear and sustain the everlasting wrath of God. Ans. They indeed bear the immeasurable wrath of God,