H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which now at length being 70. years of age, he causea 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.ROM. 10.With the heart man believeth unto righteousness: but with the mouth man confesseth to salvation.Let all things be subject to the judgement of the true Catholic church.PRINTED BY JOHN LEGATE, printer to the University of Cambridge. 1599.H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which novve at length being 70. yeares of age, he causea 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.ROM. 10.With the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes: but with the mouth man confesseth to saluation.Let all things bee subiect to the iudgement of the true Catholike church.PRINTED BY IOHN LEGAT, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1599.Title page of H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…, Cambridge, 1599

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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…

Name: H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…
Author: Girolamo Zanchi

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.

Girolamo Zanchi 1516–1590Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1599Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1599

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Confession › Chapter 10 › Aphorism 6: VI. That our very concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sin.Confession › Chapter 10 › Aphorism 6: VI. That our verie concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sinne.

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VI. That our very concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sin.

VI. That our verie concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sinne.

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But if by Gods law be condemned, whatsoever offence is repugnant to that first image of God, that is, to justice, holiness, and righteousness, wherein man was created: we hold that in man not only his actions committed with consent of his will against the law of god, but even the motions also of lust, yea the concupiscence it self, and the whole corruption of his nature, is sin, ¹and by the law of God condemned: because it is repugnant to that ⟨p. 50⟩uprightness and justice wherein man was created, and wherein he ought, and might have kept himself, if he would.

But if by Gods law be condemned, whatsoeuer offence is repugnant to that first image of God, that is, to iustice, holinesse, and righteousnes, wherein man was created: we hold that in man not onely his actions committed with cōsent of his will against the law of god, but euen the motions also of lust, yea the concupiscence it selfe, and the whole corruption of his nature, is sinne, ¹and by the lawe of God condemned: because it is repugnant to that ⟨p. 50⟩

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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…

VI. That our very concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sin.

VI. That our verie concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sinne.

VII. Although the law cannot be observed: yet it was not given in vain nor unprofitably.

VII. Although the law cannot bee obserued: yet it was not giuen in vaine nor vnprofitablie.

VIII. A threefold profit by the law of God.

IX. The law hath still the same use, yea even in men regenerate.

IX. The lavv hath still the same vse, yea euen in men regenerate.

X. The moral law, touching the substance, was not to be disannulled by Christ.

X. The morall lawe, touching the substance, vvas not to be disanulled by Christ.

XI. Errors.

CHAP. XI. Of Christ the redeemer.

I. A sum of the faith of the person and office of Christ the redeemer.

I. A summe of the faith of the person and office of Christ the redeemer.

The author

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

VI. That our very concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sin.

VI. That our verie concupiscence and corruption of nature is a sinne.

VII. Although the law cannot be observed: yet it was not given in vain nor unprofitably.

VII. Although the law cannot bee obserued: yet it was not giuen in vaine nor vnprofitablie.

VIII. A threefold profit by the law of God.

IX. The law hath still the same use, yea even in men regenerate.

IX. The lavv hath still the same vse, yea euen in men regenerate.

X. The moral law, touching the substance, was not to be disannulled by Christ.

X. The morall lawe, touching the substance, vvas not to be disanulled by Christ.

XI. Errors.

CHAP. XI. Of Christ the redeemer.

I. A sum of the faith of the person and office of Christ the redeemer.

I. A summe of the faith of the person and office of Christ the redeemer.

The author

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