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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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VIII. How Christ is one only person, and that eternal and unchangeable but there are in the same two natures: and how it is said to consist of them.
VIII. How Christ is one onely person, and that eternall and vnchangeable but there are in the same two natures: and how it is said to consist of them.
We therefore acknowledge and confess against Nestorius, that in Christ is only one person, and that eternal, most simple & most perfect, and the same shall remain for ever: namely the person of the everlasting son of God. Further, that unto this eternal person, there came in time, not another person, but another nature, namely mans nature: and the same not as a part of that person, of whom it was taken, but a thing far different from it, and yet taken unto it, into unity of the same. And therefore we thirdly confess, that in one & the self same person of Christ, there is now two natures, the divine and the human, in which we doubt not that the same doth subsist, doth live and doth work: for which cause also we fear not to speak thus, Christ consisteth now of his divine nature, & his human being taken into the unity of person: & that he is after a sort compounded of them both.
We therefore acknowledge and confesse against Nestorius, that in Christ is onelie one person, and that eternall, most simple & most perfect, and the same shall remaine for euer: namelie the person of the euerlasting sonne of God. Further, that vnto this eternall person, there came in time, not another person, but another nature, namelie mans nature: and the same not as a parte of that person, of whome it was taken, but a thing farre different from it, and yet takē vnto it, into vnitie of the same. And therefore we thirdly confesse, that in one & the selfe same person of Christ, there is now two natures, the diuine and the humaine, in which we doubt not that the same doth subsist, doth liue and doth worke: for which cause also we feare not to speake thus, Christ consisteth now of his diuine nature, & his humaine being taken into the vnitie of person: & that he is after a sort compounded of them both.