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 1 › Aphorism 9: IX. The holy scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.Confession › Chapter 1 › Aphorism 9: IX. The holie scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

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IX. The holy scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

IX. The holie scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

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For the scriptures are so holy and merely perfect, plentifully containing whatsoever is necessary to salvation, that nothing can be added unto them: & written with such perfection and wisdom, that nothing may be taken from them.

For the scriptures are so holie and meerlie perfect, plentifully containing whatsoeuer is necessarie to saluation, that nothing can bee added vnto them: & written with such perfection and wisedome, that nothing may bee taken from them.

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X. And therefore men ought to rest upon them.

X. And therefore men ought to rest vppon them.

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Wherefore we, even as all godly men ought to do, do rest our selves upon the doctrine of those holy writings: holding that same spoken by the Apostle, ¹

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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…

IX. The holy scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

IX. The holie scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

X. And therefore men ought to rest upon them.

X. And therefore men ought to rest vppon them.

XI. Nothing must be established concerning religion without the word of god, but all things to be reformed by it.

XI. Nothing must be established concerning religion vvithout the vvord af god, but all things to be reformed by it.

XII. Traditions truly apostolical and catholic are to be retained in the church.

XII. Traditions truely apostolicall and catholicke are to be retained in the church.

XIII. The scripture is very perspicuous in such things as be necessary to salvation: and therefore ought to be read of all.

XIII. The scripture is verie perspicuous in such things as be necessarie to saluation: and therefore ought to bee read of all.

XIIII. The faithful interpretations by learned godly men are not to be contemned.

XIIII. The faithfull interpretations by learned godlie men are not to be contemned.

XV. The only word of god to be the pillar of faith and foundation of religion.

XV. The onely word of god to be the piller of faith and foundation of religion.

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IX. The holy scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

IX. The holie scriptures are so perfect, that nothing may be added to or taken from them.

X. And therefore men ought to rest upon them.

X. And therefore men ought to rest vppon them.

XI. Nothing must be established concerning religion without the word of god, but all things to be reformed by it.

XI. Nothing must be established concerning religion vvithout the vvord af god, but all things to be reformed by it.

XII. Traditions truly apostolical and catholic are to be retained in the church.

XII. Traditions truely apostolicall and catholicke are to be retained in the church.

XIII. The scripture is very perspicuous in such things as be necessary to salvation: and therefore ought to be read of all.

XIII. The scripture is verie perspicuous in such things as be necessarie to saluation: and therefore ought to bee read of all.

XIIII. The faithful interpretations by learned godly men are not to be contemned.

XIIII. The faithfull interpretations by learned godlie men are not to be contemned.

XV. The only word of god to be the pillar of faith and foundation of religion.

XV. The onely word of god to be the piller of faith and foundation of religion.

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