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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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For witnesses take the Pharaohs: Senacheribs: Amans: Antiochies: Julians: and other such like enemies to the church. For still the promise abideth, The gates of hell shall not prevail against it. But to let pass tyrants, and to return to the body of our christian commonwealth so miserably torn in pieces: who is there, I pray you, except he be clean void of all piety, that beholding such and so great a rent of this body into divers shivers, namely of all those which profess and call upon Christ as true God and true man, & the only redeemer of the world divers of them defending divers errors most obstinately: some, many & those most gross: others, few and those not so weighty: ⟨p. 6⟩and upon these occasions pursuing and hating on another with more then serpentine hatred: and plaguing and tormenting on another with more then butcherly cruelty: what man is he, I say, who beholding these things, hearing them, and weighing them in his mind, is not moved with great grief, sigheth not, lamenteth nor, poureth not forth tears? The church of Rome once in times of old, was for the great glory of her piety, her heavenly doctrine, her divine service, christian discipline, and constancy in the faith against all heretics, most famous: and as the sun in the firmament shineth far brighter then all stars, so she shined far above all churches on earth, by example of her exceeding christian piety: that well and fitly she deserved to be generally called the mother of all churches. But into what and into how great darkness and blindness did she after sink, by Gods just judgement, being as it were cast out of heaven, and in the same still lieth buried and drowned? he that in such great light of the gospel seeth not this, is blinder then a mole. Neither is it any new thing: seeing the same happened first to the church of the Israelites: afterward to the churches in the East, and to them in Greece.
For witnesses take the Pharaohs: Senacheribs: Amans: Antiochies: Iulians: and other such like enemies to the church. For still the promise abideth, The gates of hell shall not preuaile against it. But to let passe tyrants, and to returne to the bodie of our christian commonwealth so miserably torne in pecces: who is there, I pray you, except he be cleane voide of alpietie, that beholding such and so great a rent of this bodie into diuers shiuers, namely of all those which professe and call vppon Christ as true God and true man, & the onely redeemer of the world diuers of thē defending diuers errors most obstinatly: some, many & those most grosse: others, fewe and those not so waighty: