An Orthodox Catechism

    The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

    Question 9

    THE FIRST PART, OF THE MISERIE OF MAN

    1. Doth not God then iniurie to man, who in the Law requireth that of him, which he is not able to perfourme?

      Noe. ; For God had made man such a one, as he might perfourme it: But man, by the impulsion of the diuel, and his owne stubburnesse, bereaued himselfe and all his posteritie of those diuine graces.