The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

Question 11

THE FIRST PART, OF THE MISERIE OF MAN

  1. Is not God therefore mercifull?

    Yea verilie, hee is mercifull: but so, that hee is also iust. ; ; Wherefore his iustice requireth, that the same which is committed against the diuine Maiesty of God, should also be recōpenced with extreme, that is, euerlasting punishmentes both of bodie and soule.