The summe of Christian religion: deliuered by Zacharias Vrsinus in his lectures vpon the Catechism autorised by the noble Prince Frederick, throughout his dominions: wherein are debated and resolued the questions of whatsoeuer points of moment, which haue beene or are controuersed in diuinitie. Translated into English by Henrie Parrie, out of the last & best Latin editions, together with some supplie of wa[n]ts out of his discourses of diuinitie, and with correction of sundrie faults & imperfections, which ar [sic] as yet remaining in the best corrected Latine.

1 IN WHAT SENSE HE IS CALLED LORD.

TO bee a Lord, is, to haue right and power granted by Lawe, either diuine or humane, ouer some thing or person, as to vse and enioie it, and to dispose thereof at thy owne will and pleasure. Christ therefore is our Lord: First, because he hath care of vs, that is, ruleth, preserueth, and keepeth vs as his owne to eternall

life and glorie, as beeing bought with his precious bloode. Iohn 17.12. None of them is lost, whom thou gauest me. Ioh. 10.28. None shal plucke them out of my hand. Secondlie, because wee are bound to serue him both in bodie and soule, that hee maie bee glo∣rified by vs. 1. Cor. 6 20. Yee are bought with a price, therefore glorifie God in your bodie and in your spirite: for they are Gods. Hereof also wee maie vnderstande, that the woorde, Lorde, in the Creede, is not a name of the diuine essence, but of his of∣fice, and is referred to both natures of Christ, like as the names of Priest, King, and Prophet. Christ then is our Lorde, not onely in respect of his Diuinitie which created vs, but also in respect of his humanity which redeemed vs. For the humane nature of Christ is the price of our redemp∣tion: his diuine nature dooth giue and offer that price vn∣to the Father, and dooth by the vertue of his spirite ef∣fectuallie applie it vnto vs, sanctifie, rule, saue, and defend vs against our enemies, and dooth al these thinges, the humane nature beeing priuie thereunto, and most ear∣nestlie willing it. Yea further, as hee is man also, hee hath power not only ouer men, but also ouer all creatures, and therfore ouer the Angels themselues. For the names of the office, benefits, & dignity of christ are affirmed of his whole person, to speak simply & properly, by communicating, but not by confounding the properties of both natures.