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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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V. The power in a man not regenerate is very weak, in those things which pertain to human life.
V. The povver in a man not regenerate is verie weake, in those things which pertaine to humaine life.
To speak nothing therefore, of mans power after his fall, in knowing, in desiring, yea (and if occasion be offered,) in choosing and following those things, which pertain to the sustaining of this animal life, and the happy leading thereof, and to eschew the contraries, because they belong not to religion and to manners (in which point notwithstanding, daily experience teacheth us how great an infirmity both of judgement and appetite hath taken hold on man) we believe, that although by the mercy of God, there is some light remaining in mens minds, partly for the judging of what is right and wrong, good and evil in human affairs, and partly for the attaining to the knowledge of diverse ⟨p. 41⟩things, of arts and instructions, and sundry virtues: yet that small light, what so it is, is left so little in mans mind, and his will so depraved, that unless the mind be helped by light from heaven, & his will inclined by special grace, to choose that which is good, and refuse the ill: men can neither learn the arts truly and profit by any instructions, nor attain unto any virtues; although there may be in the unregenerate never so many: even as Augustine not without cause did write, that all the learning, or virtues, 1or rather the images of virtues, which were in the Romans, and other heathen people, were the singular gifts of god.
To speak nothing therfore, of mans power after his fall, in knowing, in desiring, yea (and if occasion be offred,) in choosing and following those things, which pertaine to the sustaining of this animall life, and the happie leading thereof, and to eschewe the contraries, because they belong not to religion and to manners (in which pointe notwithstanding, dailie experience teacheth vs howe great an infirmitie both of iudgement and appetite hath taken hold on man) wee beleeue, that although by the mercie of God, there is some light remaining in mens mindes, partlie for the iudging of what is right and wrong, good and euill in humaine affaires, and partlie for the attaining to the knowledge of diuerse