H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which now at length being 70. years of age, he causea 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.ROM. 10.With the heart man believeth unto righteousness: but with the mouth man confesseth to salvation.Let all things be subject to the judgement of the true Catholic church.PRINTED BY JOHN LEGATE, printer to the University of Cambridge. 1599.H. ZANCHIVS HIS CONFESSION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION.Which novve at length being 70. yeares of age, he causea 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.ROM. 10.With the heart man beleeueth vnto righteousnes: but with the mouth man confesseth to saluation.Let all things bee subiect to the iudgement of the true Catholike church.PRINTED BY IOHN LEGAT, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge. 1599.Title page of H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…, Cambridge, 1599

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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…

Name: H. Zanchius his confession of Christian religion Which now at length being 70. years…
Author: Girolamo Zanchi

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.

Girolamo Zanchi 1516–1590Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1599Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1599

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Confession › Chapter 17 › Aphorism 11: XI. Testimonies of true charity.Confession › Chapter 17 › Aphorism 11: XI. Testimonies of true charitie.

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XI. Testimonies of true charity.

XI. Testimonies of true charitie.

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Neither do we think that to be true and christian charity, which cometh not to that nature, which the Apostle describeth in the first to the Corinthians chap. thirteen: ¹namely that it suffereth long: is bountiful: envieth not: doeth not boast it self: is not puffed up: doeth no uncomely thing: seeketh not her own things: is not provoked to anger: thinketh not evil: rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the trueth: suffereth all things: and the rest which follow.

Neither doe we thinke that to be true and christian charitie, which commeth not to that nature, which the Apostle describeth in the first to the Corinthians chap. thirteen: ¹namely that it suffreth long: is bountifull: enuieth not: doeth not boast it selfe: is not puffed vp: doeth no vncomely thing: seeketh not her owne things: is not prouoked to anger: thinketh not euill: reioyceth not in iniquitie: but reioyceth in the trueth: suffereth all things: and the rest which follow.

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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…

XI. Testimonies of true charity.

XI. Testimonies of true charitie.

XII. By charity, the communion with Christ and the church is nourished.

XII. By charitie, the communion with Christ and the church is nourished.

CHAP. XVIII. Of repentance.

I. To Justification, and therefore to the communion with Christ, Repentance is necessary.

I. To Justification, and therefore to the communion with Christ, Repentance is necessarie.

II. What we mean by the name of repentance.

II. What we meane by the name of repentance.

III. Repentance is the gift of God.

IV. To stir up repentance in us, God useth ordinarily the word of the law and the gospel: and therefore the hearing of both is most necessary in the church.

IV. To stirre vp repentance in vs, God vseth ordinarily the word of the law and the gospell: and therefore the hearing of both is most necessarie in the church.

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XI. Testimonies of true charity.

XI. Testimonies of true charitie.

XII. By charity, the communion with Christ and the church is nourished.

XII. By charitie, the communion with Christ and the church is nourished.

CHAP. XVIII. Of repentance.

I. To Justification, and therefore to the communion with Christ, Repentance is necessary.

I. To Justification, and therefore to the communion with Christ, Repentance is necessarie.

II. What we mean by the name of repentance.

II. What we meane by the name of repentance.

III. Repentance is the gift of God.

IV. To stir up repentance in us, God useth ordinarily the word of the law and the gospel: and therefore the hearing of both is most necessary in the church.

IV. To stirre vp repentance in vs, God vseth ordinarily the word of the law and the gospell: and therefore the hearing of both is most necessarie in the church.

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