An Orthodox Catechism

    The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

    Question 6

    THE FIRST PART, OF THE MISERIE OF MAN

    1. Did God then make man so wicked and peruerse?

      Not so: But rather hee made him good, and to his owne image, that is, endewed with true righteousnes and holines, that hee might rightly know God, his creator, and hartily loue him, & liue with him blessed for euer, and that to lawde and magnify him. ; ;