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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.
And therefore when once true faith and conversion unto God is begun in our hearts, and the Spirit of God hath begun to witness to our spirit that we are the sons of God, and heirs of everlasting life, God will have us certainly to resolve, that as he had this his will towards us from everlasting, so to everlasting he will not change it, but will assuredly bring us, at his pleasure, out of this wicked and miserable life, through all tentations and dangers whatsoever, to eternal and everlasting life, according to that article of our faith, I believe life everlasting.
And therefore when once true faith and conversion unto God is begun in our hearts, and the Spirit of God hath begun to witnesse to our spirit that we are the sons of God, and heirs of everlasting life, God will have us certainly to resolve, that as hee had this his will towards us from everlasting, so to everlasting hee will not change it, but will assuredly bring us, at his pleasure, out of this wicked and miserable life, through all tentations and dangers whatsoever, to eternall and everlasting life, according to that article of our faith, I beleeve life everlasting.
1Omnipotent.) When as Omnipotency is attributed to God, thereby is understood, §11. That whatsoever he will, or whatsoever, not impairing his nature and majesty, he is able to will, he is also able to perform. §22. That he is able to perform all those things without any difficulty and labour, even with his only beck and will. §33. That all the force and power of working and effecting any thing is so in God only, that there is not the least ability or efficacy of any creature, but what he continually imparteth and preserveth at his pleasure: and therefore the power of God is to be considered of us, not as being idle, but as creating, sustaining, moving, and ruling all things: The reasons are, 1. God is the first cause of all things; therefore he hath all things in his power, and their ability is so much as he giveth unto them. 2. He doth such things as can be done by no created and finite power: as are the creation and governing of all things the preservation of commonweals, the deluge. the delivery out of Egypt, and all his miracles. 3 He is unchangeable; therefore in him to be able to do, and to do, is the same which to will, and so of the contrary. But although all men affirm God to be omnipotent, yet there is a double difference between the sacred doctrine of the Church,