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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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These things thus declared: it is easy to judge of the divers enunciations, which be true, and which false, and in what manner of Predication each one is to be taken. Neither one nature nor the proprieties thereof can by any means neither in the abstractive name nor in the concretive be predicated or spoken of the other nature signified in the abstractive. For it is as false to say, The human nature, or the humanity, is God: as to say, The humanity is the deity. And as false to say, the humanity is immeasurable and infinite: as to say, the humanity is very immeasurableness or infiniteness.
These thinges thus declared: it is easie to iudge of the diuers enunciations, which be tru, and which false, and in what manner of Praedication each one is to be taken. Neither one nature nor the proprieties thereof can by any meanes neither in the abstractiue name nor in the concretiue be predicated or spoken of the other nature signified in the abstractiue. For it is as false to say, The humaine nature, or the humanity, is God: as to say, The humanity is the dietie. And as false to say, the humanity is immeasurable and infinite: as to say, the humanity is very immeasurablenesse or infinitenes.
Therefore in all the scriptures is no such kind of speech to be found.