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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.
1. Whether there be any providence of God.
1Concerning this point of doctrine, three diverse erroneous opinions are found amongst Philosophers. §11. The Epicures will have either no providence at all, or only of those things which are, and are done in the lower parts of the world. §22. The Stoics have devised in stead of providence, an absolute necessity and order of all things being in the very nature of things, whereunto not only all other things, but God himself also is subject: which necessity they called destiny. §33. The Peripatetics did imagine, that God indeed doth behold and understand all things: but yet doth not order and rule all things, but moveth the celestial motions, and doth by them send down, by way of influence, some power and virtue unto the lower parts of nature; but the operations themselves or motions depend of the matter, and of the wills of men: that is, they will have the providence of God to be a prescience or fore-knowledge of God in all things, but not a will decreeing, causing, and ruling all things.
1COncerning this point of doctrine, three diverse erroneous opinions are found amongst Philosophers. §11. The Epicures will have either no providence at all, or onely of those things which are, and are done in the lower parts of the world. §22. The Stoicks have devised in stead of providence, an absolute necessity and order of all things being in the very nature of things, wherunto not only all other things, but God himself also is subject: which necessity they called destiny. §33. The Peripateticks did imagine, that God indeed doth behold and understand all things: but yet doth not order and rule all things, but moveth the celestiall motions, and doth by them send down, by way of influence, some power and vertue unto the lower parts of nature; but the operations themselves or motions depend of the matter, and of the wils of men: that is, they will have the providence of God to be a prescience or fore-knowledge of God in all things, but not a will decreeing, causing, and ruling all things.