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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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XV. A confirmation of both these propositions, namely, that this union is essential, but is made only by the spirit, and our faith.
XV. A confirmation of both these propositions, namelye, that this vnion is essentiall, but is made onely by the spirit, and our faith.
For both these things, namely that this copulation is essential, & made by the only spirit of God, and by our faith, the holy scriptures, do plentifully and plainly declare. 1The Apostle writing unto the church at Ephesus, because all enmity being taken away by christ, & the partition wall broken down, The lewes and Gentiles, two sorts of people much different, were reconciled to God and between themselves, and were altogether ingrafted & renewed in christ by the same holy spirit: therefore he doubted not to say, They were both built, (not into one people, as it seemed he should have said) but, the better to express how straight this union is, into one new man, in Christ. Wherefore sith all of us do live with one & the self same spirit, renewed as it were in one and the same mind, and are joined together unto one and the self same head christ: 2we are fitly all of us together called one new man. And in the same epistle describing this near and essential incorporation, he compareth christ to the head, and all us to the ⟨p. 86⟩members, coupled & knit with the head by sinews, joints, and ligaments: which take their life and motion from the head. And nothing is more often used in the holy Scriptures then this similitude, that hereby we might more easily and clearly understand, what, and how great, this conjunction of all us is with christ, through his spirit, which dwelleth in all people that are regenerate. For this cause the same Apostle, 3compareth Christ to the foundation, and all the faithful to stones (but yet living stones, even as the foundation, that they may receive increase from him) built upon the foundation: