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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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XII. Christ, in that he is man, is endued with a very great yet a determinate power: and other gifts.
XII. Christ, in that he is man, is indued with a very great yet a determinate power: and other gifts.
Finally we believe, that Christ, like as in that he is God, he is simply omnipotent, simply wise, and so it may be said of all his other attributes: so in that he is man, he is endued of the father with a power and knowledge very far yea almost infinitely exceeding the power and knowledge of all things created either in heaven or earth: and yet a determinate or finite power: and so it may be said of all his other gifts and virtues, love, prudence, fortitude, justice, grace, trueth and the rest, of ⟨p. 68⟩which Isaiah saith, 1and the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him &c, And John, He was full of grace, and trueth. Also Luke, he grew in wisdom and favour with God and man. For which cause also, he is said, 2in that he is man, to be exalted above all principalities and powers: also that the spirit is given unto him above measure: also that in him lye hidden the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Whereby it comes to pass, that he, in that he is man, is ignorant of nothing, he is able to do all those things which pertain to his office: yea and such things as cannot be performed of any created substance, but only of God himself, may be done by him, by the power of his deity, yet his human will always working therewithal evermore by consent and as it were by desire: so that in all the actions of Christ, as he is God, pertaining to our salvation, always his soul in some sort joineth it self thereunto by love, by desire, and will: as also in all things which he did as man, the deity was always concurrent, yea even in his death and passion: not that the deity suffered, but that it willed both the passion and death of Christ, and added to his passion and death an infinite power, even to cleanse us of our sins. To conclude, concerning the two natures in Christ, and the union and proprieties of them, we believe whatsoever hath bin determined in the Nicene, Constantinopolitane, Ephesian, and Chalcedonian councils, against Arrius, Apollinaris, Nestorius, and Eutyches: and