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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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XX. The whole catholic church is not suffered to err, but every particular church may.
XX. The whole catholicke church is not suffered to erre, but euerie particular church may.
We believe and acknowledge, that this catholic church, as we have before described it, is so governed by the holy ghost: that he never suffereth the same wholly, & all of it, to err: because it ever preserveth in some godly men the light of the trueth, and retaineth the same pure and sound by their ministry to the end of the world, and delivereth it to posterity. To which purpose, we doubt not but that tendeth which Paul said, 1The church is the pillar and ground of trueth, because without the church is no trueth: but in the church it is always reserved: sith there is ever more some congregation, great or small, wherein the word of trueth doth sound. But ⟨p. 200⟩of every particular church, wherein there be ever good and bad mingled together, we know the reason is far otherwise. For first, in these congregations, either the pure word of God is preached: or else with it, untruths are also taught. For where no ministry of the word is, there we acknowledge to be no church. If therefore together with the trueth, there may also false assertions be taught: how can that congregation be said, that it cannot err, when it doth manifestly err? And if the pure word of God be only taught, then the reprobate hypocrites, which believe it not, do always err, when they reject the light of the trueth, and walk in darkness: and of them is almost in every place the greatest number. As for the godly,