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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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CHAP. IX. Of the promises of redemption and salvation by Christ.
CHAP. IX. Of the promises of redemption and saluation by Christ.
I. That Christ, the man from heaven, was promised by grace to save us.
I. That Christ, the man from heauen, was promised by grace to saue vs.
When therefore the first earthly man, by his own fault had fallen into so miserable an estate, through disobedience, and together with him, all his posterity, which had sinned in him, and were in deed to be conceived in sin, and to be borne the children of wrath: we believe that god of his mere grace and favour, promised unto Adam and Eve, and in them to all mankind, an other man from heaven, 1that should be the true substance of very woman, but conceived without the seed of man, & so should be born of a virgin without sin: in whom, as in another head of mankind, consisting of a divine and human nature, being the true image of the father, and full of the holy spirit, that should be supplied, which in Adam the first head, by his own fault, was decayed: that is, that he the second man, in the name of all us, which were to be ingrafted into him by his spirit, 2and by a spiritual regeneration should become flesh of his flesh, and ⟨p. 44⟩