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H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which novve at length being 70. yeares…
H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years of age, he caused to be published in the name of himself & his family. Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his own latin copy, as in so grave a mans work is requisite: for the profit of all the unlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his judgement in matters of faith.H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which novve at length being 70. yeares of age, he caused to bee published in the name of himselfe & his family. Englished in sense agreeable, and in words as answerable to his ovvne latine copie, as in so graue a mans worke is requisite: for the profite of all the vnlearneder sort, of English christians, that desire to know his iudgement in matters of faith.
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1599Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1599
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Confession › Chapter 4 › Aphorism 3: III. A confirmation of the former assertion.
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III. A confirmation of the former assertion.
For he being the chiefest good, he can neither be made evil, nor can do ill; and being trueth it self, he cannot lie; being justice it self he cannot do unjustly; being life it self, how should he die? Finally being only one god, and that uncreated and eternal, subsisting only in three persons: we believe and confess, that he can not so take any creature to himself, to make the same [Greek or Hebrew] consubstantial to himself, and wholly such as he himself is, or constitute a fourth person: and we are persuaded that nothing is drawn or taken away from the omnipotency of god by this confession: yea surely whatsoever is already done it cannot be that the same should not have bin done: so that it is certain, that what so implieth a contradiction, the same cannot be done by God, who is the especial trueth it self. For by this reason, even the omnipotency of God, whereby they were done should be apparently denied.
For he being the chiefest good, he can neither be made euill, nor can doe ill; and beeing trueth it felfe, he cannot lie; being iustice it selfe he cannot doe vniustlie; beeing life it selfe, how should he die? Finallie being onely one god, and that vncreated and eternall, subsisting only in three persons: we beleeue and confesse, that he can not so take anie creature to himselfe, to make the same 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 consubstantiall to himselfe, and wholie such as he himselfe is, or constitute a fourth person: and wee are perswaded that nothing is drawne or taken away from the omnipotencie of god by this confession: yea surely whatsoeuer is alreadie done it cannot be that the same should not haue bin done: so that it is certaine, that what so implieth a contradiction, the same cannot bee done by God, who is the especiall trueth it self. For by this reason, euen the omnipotencie of God, whereby they were done should be apparentlie denied.