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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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XIX. Errors.
Wherefore we cannot allow of those, who will have sacraments to be there, where no word is heard, but only the element seen: nor those which distinguish not the matter of the sacrament from the sacrament, but will have it come into the mouth, aswell as the sacramental sign: whenas the matter of the sacrament, ⟨p. 115⟩is that, which the sign, that is object to our senses, makes to come into our thought, not to fall into our hands or mouth: neither those likewise, which do consider nothing in the sacraments, but what they see with their eyes: or which will have them only tokens or badges, by which we are discerned from other people, or bare signs, and not the instruments of the holy ghost, by which he worketh mightily in us, and confirmeth us in the communion of Christ. And we condemn them which institute new sacraments, other then them, which Christ instituted: and those, which tie the grace of God, and the things signified by the sacraments, to the sacraments: so that every one which receiveth the sign, should be said ever to receive truly the thing it self.
Wherefore we cannot allow of those, who will haue sacramentes to be there, where no word is heard, but only the element seene: nor those which distinguish not the matter of the sacrament from the sacrament, but will haue it come into the mouth, aswell as the sacramentall signe: whenas the matter of the sacrament, ⟨p. 115⟩is that, which the signe, that is obiect to our senses, makes to come into our thought, not to fall into our hands or mouth: neither those likewise, which do consider nothing in the sacraments, but what they see with their eyes: or which will haue them onely tokens or badges, by which we are discerned from other people, or bare signes, and not the instrumēts of the holy ghost, by which he worketh mightily in vs, and confirmeth vs in the communion of Christ. And we condemne them which institute new sacraments, other then them, which Christ instituted: and those, which tye the grace of God, and the things signified by the sacraments, to the sacraments: so that euerie one which receiueth the signe, should be said euer to receiue truely the thing it selfe.