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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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IX. Howe the two natures are united into one person without alteration or confusion, the properties and actions of either of them remaining whole and distinct.
IX. Hovve the tvvo natures are vnited into one person without alteracion or confusion, the properties and actions of either of them remaining whole and distinct.
But we believe and confess that these two natures, are truly and inseparably joined and united into one person of Christ: that yet we doubt not, but each of them remaineth whole, and perfect, and the one truly distinct from the other, yea and that they do hold the essential properties and operations of each of them distinct: without all manner of confusion: so that as the divine nature holding the properties, remaineth uncreated, infinite, immeasurable, simply omnipotent and simply wise: even so the human nature holding hers remaineth created, comprehensible, & determined with certain limits: And as the divine nature hath will and power, whereby Christ willeth & worketh, as god, such things as are of God: so hath the human nature will and power, whereby Christ as man, willeth & worketh those things which are of man: so far forth as Christ in that he is God, he willeth not nor worketh by human will or power: so neither as he is man, willeth he or worketh he by divine will or power: as it hath bin learnedly determined by the fathers both against Eutyches, and against Macarius. We therefore did always like well of that saying of Leo the ⟨p. 62⟩first, 1writing unto Flavianus about the same thing, where he saith. He which is true God, the same is also true man, and in this unity there is no untruth, whereas there meet together the baseness of manhood, and the excellency of the godhead. For as God is not changed by the partaking, so man (that is mans nature in Christ) is not consumed by the dignity, for each form worketh with communion of the other, their own property: namely the word worketh that which is proper to the word, and the flesh performeth that which is proper to the flesh. Thus far Leo that learned man: which he afterwards fetcheth out by examples, whereby it is plainly showed, that, as the natures are truly united in Christ, yet remain distinct, and not confounded: so also were and are the actions: for things which were proper to the word, the flesh did not perform, but the word & that which was proper to the flesh the word performed not, but the flesh. To raise again Lazarus from death, was proper to the word: but to cry Lazarus, come forth, was proper to the flesh: yet both those actions were united to the raising up of Lazarus, because they were both one and in one Christ, & tend both to one purpose: