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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.
1IN one divine Essence are subsisting three Persons, and those truly distinct one from another by their properties; namely, the Father, the Son, and the holy Ghost; ⟨p. 174⟩each of which three persons notwithstanding are one and the same God, eternal, infinite, and most perfect in himself. And these persons are consubstantial, co-eternal, without any confounding of their properties and respects, as also without any disparagement or inequality between them. And, That there are three persons, each of which are that one true God, Creator of all things, is proved, §11. By testimonies of Scripture, which are taken partly out of the old Testament, and partly out of the new. The old Testament yieldeth us many testimonies:2 The Spirit of the Lord moved upon the waters. Then God said, Let there be light. The Lord is said to have appeared unto Moses in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. 3Steven calleth him, The Angel of the Lord, which is Christ the Son of God, even that Angel of the great counsel. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, 4therefore hath he anointed me, he hath sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor, to bind up the broken hearted. Here the Spirit is discerned both from him that anointeth, and from him that is anointed. He is discerned also by his gifts, because he saith, Upon me, that is, dwelling in me, sanctifying me: Therefore these be three diverse persons subsisting. But yet there are both moe, and more clear testimonies in the new Testament:5 Teach all nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the holy Ghost. The Comforter, which is the holy Ghost, 6whom the Father will send in my name. When the Comforter shall come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth of the Father. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,