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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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The concrete names which have denomination of the natures, as Man of the humanity, and God of the deity, when in speaking of Christ they be the subjects, or the first part of the enunciation or sentence, they have two significations, one formal (as the schools say) and the other material: of which, by the former is ⟨p. 426⟩meant the very nature, by the other, the person, which hath such a nature, whereof it taketh denomination.
The concrete names which haue denomination of the natures, as Man of the humanity, and God of the diety, when in speaking of Christ they be the subiects, or the first part of the enunciation or sentence, they haue two significations, one formall (as the schooles say) and the other materiall: of which, by the former is ⟨p. 426⟩meant the verie nature, by the other, the person, which hath such a nature, whereof it taketh denomination.
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For as names in the abstract do signify only the nature and propriety, which is in a thing so all names in the concrete do betoken both the nature and quality, which is in the thing, and the hypostasis, wherein it is: as (for examples sake) the name of Just betokeneth both Justice where with one is made just, & him, which is Just, both together.