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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.
1Hereby may we understand, How far forth God willeth sin, and how he willeth not, but permitteth it. §12He willeth therefore sins, As concerning their matter, that is, the actions themselves of men sinning, motions and inclinations to objects; as they are only such, God willeth, worketh, and directeth them: for both they partake of the nature of good; and if God simply would them not, they should not at all be done. §23As concerning the ends whereunto God destineth those actions which are sins; that is, he willeth the actions of sinners, as they are the punishments of the wicked, or chastisements, or trials, or martyrdoms of the godly, or the sacrifice of the Son of God for the sins of men: But these ends are most good, and most agreeing with the nature, justice, and goodness of God: Therefore God (the first cause of all good) willeth, intendeth, and worketh these in the sins or actions of the wicked; and by a consequent, also the actions themselves which the wicked do in sinning; and by which, as means, God attaineth to those ends. §34As concerning the withdrawing of his grace, ⟨p. 201⟩that is, his divine light and rightness: This withdrawing is an action proper to God, namely, his eternal and forcible working will, destining whom it will to be forsaken. It is also just and holy, because God is bound to none: and because it is either the exploration & trial of the creature, or the punishment of sin. And this withdrawing once being put, the inclinations, motions, and actions of the creature cannot but err and swerve from the law of God, and be sins. Now as the inclinations, 5motions, and actions of sinners are sins, that is, are repugnant to order and nature, and swerve from the law of God, because they are done without the knowledge of Gods will, & purpose of obeying him: so God neither willeth, nor ordaineth, nor alloweth, nor commandeth nor worketh, nor furthereth them: but forbiddeth, condemneth, punisheth, and suffereth them to be committed of his creatures, and to concur with his most just decrees, judgments, and works: thereby to show, how necessary and needful for the creature is the grace of the holy Ghost to fly sin, and to manifest his justice and power in punishing sin.