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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.
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,2 and Philosophy concerning Gods omnipotency: For, §11. Without the doctrine of the Church men only know the universal and general power of God, whereby he createth, preserveth and governeth the whole world: but they know not that power whereby he saveth men, and restoreth the world by his Son, gathering and preserving an everlasting Church, and delivering it from sin and death, and endowing it with life and glory everlasting, by which works God especially showeth forth his power, as it is said Yet a little while and I shall shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, 3and the dry land. §22. Neither do they profess of the general power of God so much as is sufficient: for albeit they are enforced to confess, that God is the author and preserver of the world; yet are they not able to say, that all things were created of nothing by the word of God alone: and forasmuch as they are ignorant of the cause of sin and confusion, they cannot affirm all things so to be administered and governed by Gods omnipotency, as that all which is good is done by the powerful working of Gods will;