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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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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.
Neither do we mingle heaven with earth, or confound the heavens among themselves, 1but with the holy scriptures we distinguish them: even as we see the elements, and all the kinds of living creatures, & of other things, to be distinguished. And therefore we confess this heaven likewise, wherein the souls of the blessed do live with Christ, & where all the bodies of the faithful shall be, & which Christ calleth his fathers house and paradise, and the Apostle calleth a city having a foundation, the maker and builder whereof is god: 2to differ from the other heavens, but much more, from earth and the deeps. Whereunto also Paul alludeth, 3where he sayeth, he was taken up into the third heaven: namely above the heaven which we see, and above all the visible and moveable spheres.
Neither doe we mingle heauen with earth, or confound the heauens among themselues, 1but with the holie scriptures wee distinguish them: euen as we see the elements, and al the kindes of liuing creatures, & of other things, to be distinguished. And therefore wee confesse this heauen likewise, wherein the soules of the blessed doe liue with Christ, & where all the bodies of the faithfull shall be, & which Christ calleth his fathers house and paradise, and the Apostle calleth a cuie hauing a foundation, the maker and builder whereof is god: