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…

Name: H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…
Author: Girolamo Zanchi

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.

Girolamo Zanchi 1516–1590Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1599Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1599

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Confession › Chapter 5 › Aphorism 1: I. All things were made by god, and that exceeding good.

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:127p. 21

I. All things were made by god, ¹and that exceeding good.

1Gen. 1. & 2.

:128p. 21–22

WE believe, that God the Father, ¹by the Son, together with the holy ghost, in the space of six days created of nothing all things visible & invisible, which the holy spirit in the holy scriptures comprehendeth under the name of heaven & earth; and the same all exceeding good: ²and appointed the same, for mans use, and for his own glory: so that we acknowledge aswell the Son, and holy ghost, for creator of the ⟨p. 22⟩world, as the Father, sith they are all one & the self same god.

WE beleeue, that God the Father, ¹by the Sonne, together with the holie ghost, in the space of sixe daies created of nothing all things visible & inuisible, which the holie spirite in the holie scriptures comprehendeth vnder the name of heauen & earth; and the same all exceeding good: ²

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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…

I. All things were made by god, ¹and that exceeding good.

II. That heaven is distinguished from earth, and the Saints heaven doth differ from the other heavens.

II. That heauen is distinguished from earth, and the Saintes heauen doth differ from the other heauens.

III. The Angels were all created good, though some of them continued not in the trueth.

III. The Angells vvere all created good, though some of them continued not in the trueth.

IV. Causes, why many of those celestial spirits were suffered to sin, and to become evil.

IV. Causes, vvhy manie of those celestiall spirites were suffered to sinne, and to become euill.

V. The good Angels were saved by the favour of God, that they might be Gods ministers and ours.

V. The good Angells were saued by the fauour of God, that they might be Gods ministers and ours.

VI. Man was created after the image of god.¹

VII. That image of god, in what things it especially consisteth.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

I. All things were made by god, 1and that exceeding good.

II. That heaven is distinguished from earth, and the Saints heaven doth differ from the other heavens.

II. That heauen is distinguished from earth, and the Saintes heauen doth differ from the other heauens.

III. The Angels were all created good, though some of them continued not in the trueth.

III. The Angells vvere all created good, though some of them continued not in the trueth.

IV. Causes, why many of those celestial spirits were suffered to sin, and to become evil.

IV. Causes, vvhy manie of those celestiall spirites were suffered to sinne, and to become euill.

V. The good Angels were saved by the favour of God, that they might be Gods ministers and ours.

V. The good Angells were saued by the fauour of God, that they might be Gods ministers and ours.

VI. Man was created after the image of god.1

VII. That image of god, in what things it especially consisteth.

The author

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I. All things were made by god, ¹and that exceeding good.

VI. Man was created after the image of god.¹