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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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III. So is the militant church one and the same, & that catholic: that yet it fareth not ever after one sort, & it may be parted into diverse particular churches.
III. So is the militant church one and the same, & that catholicke: that yet it fareth not euer after one sort, & it may be parted into diuerse particular churches.
We acknowledge therefore, that albeit this militant is and hath always bin one, and that a catholic church, sith it hath ever since the worlds beginning and in all places, had one and the same head, Christ, who coupleth to himself into one body, all the elect, out of all people: yet the same hath not, nor doeth ever fare or show it self after the same sort: & is distinguished into many particular churches, as into diverse and sundry members, according to the variety of times, places, and people. For it was after another manner in the terrestrial paradise before sin: and another after sin; before the flood, and among the Patriarchs: otherwise under the law, and otherwise under grace: and otherwise in Christs time among the Jews only, and otherwise after Christs glorification, gathered aswell of Jews as Gentiles by the Apostles, & that not in one place, but in diverse, neither of one people, but of diverse and many: neither observing always and every where the same ceremonies: in which respects we use to say, that there was one before, & another after Christ: and that was the church of the old Testament; this, of the new: & as we read, they were wont ⟨p. 185⟩to call them the old people, and the new: likewise one church was at Rome, another at Corinthus, another at Ephesus, and so of the rest.