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 28 › Aphorism 1: I. Mens souls do neither dye with their bodies, nor sleep after they are loosed from…Confession › Chapter 28 › Aphorism 1: I. Mens soules doe neither dye with their bodies, nor sleepe after they are loosed from…

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I. Mens souls do neither dye with their bodies, nor sleep after they are loosed from the body, nor lye still out of heaven or hell, nor be tormented in purgatory.

I. Mens soules doe neither dye with their bodies, nor sleepe after they are loosed from the bodie, nor lye still out of heauen or hell, nor be tormented in purgatorie.

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WE believe, that our souls do neither dye with our bodies: nor being loosed from our bodies do sleep: or not sleeping, do lye still in some close place, both out of heaven and hell: nor yet are tormented in purgatory: but that out of the body also mens souls do live, understand, & desire: and that the souls of the godly do reign with Christ in heaven, and of the ungodly, are tormented in hell with the devils: the Lord himself saying of them, when the godly and merciful men do decay, that is, depart out of this life, they, that is, their souls, ¹shall be received into everlasting habitations: ²and teaching in another place, that they are with him in paradise: but of the other, by showing an example of the rich glutton, that they go down into hell, that is, into the place appointed for everlasting fire, ⟨p. 259⟩(as we also read of Judas) there to be tormented.

WE beleeue, that our soules doe neither dye with our bodies: nor being loosed frō our bodies do sleep: or not sleeping, do lye still in some close place, both out of heauen and hell: nor yet are tormented in purgatorie: but that out of the body also mens soules do liue, vnderstand, & desire: and that the soules of the godly do raigne with Christ in heauen, and of the vngodly, are tormented in hell with the deuills: the Lord himselfe saying of them, when the godly and mercifull men do decay, that is, depart out of this life, they, that is, their soules,

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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…

I. Mens souls do neither dye with their bodies, nor sleep after they are loosed from the body, nor lye still out of heaven or hell, nor be tormented in purgatory.

I. Mens soules doe neither dye with their bodies, nor sleepe after they are loosed from the bodie, nor lye still out of heauen or hell, nor be tormented in purgatorie.

II. That the places be diverse, where the souls of the faithful, and the unfaithful do live, after the deaths of their bodies.

II. That the places be diuerse, where the soules of the faithfull, and the vnfaithfull do liue, after the deaths of their bodies.

III. There shall be an and of this world, & all things shall be changed, though the very time be unknown.

III. There shalbe an and of this world, & all things shalbe chaunged, though the verie time be vnknowne.

IV. At length shall all dead men, have life again, and shall rise out of their graves.

IV. At length shall all dead men, haue life againe, and shall rise out of their graues.

V. There shall not be new bodies created for our souls, but the very same, which died shall rise again.

V. There shall not bee newe bodies created for our soules, but the verie same, which died shall rise againe.

VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is showed that Christs body is not every where.¹

VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is shewed that Christs bodie is not euerie where.¹

VII. Errors.

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Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

I. Mens souls do neither dye with their bodies, nor sleep after they are loosed from the body, nor lye still out of heaven or hell, nor be tormented in purgatory.

I. Mens soules doe neither dye with their bodies, nor sleepe after they are loosed from the bodie, nor lye still out of heauen or hell, nor be tormented in purgatorie.

II. That the places be diverse, where the souls of the faithful, and the unfaithful do live, after the deaths of their bodies.

II. That the places be diuerse, where the soules of the faithfull, and the vnfaithfull do liue, after the deaths of their bodies.

III. There shall be an and of this world, & all things shall be changed, though the very time be unknown.

III. There shalbe an and of this world, & all things shalbe chaunged, though the verie time be vnknowne.

IV. At length shall all dead men, have life again, and shall rise out of their graves.

IV. At length shall all dead men, haue life againe, and shall rise out of their graues.

V. There shall not be new bodies created for our souls, but the very same, which died shall rise again.

V. There shall not bee newe bodies created for our soules, but the verie same, which died shall rise againe.

VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is showed that Christs body is not every where.1

VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is shewed that Christs bodie is not euerie where.1

VII. Errors.

The author

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VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is showed that Christs body is not every where.¹

VI. By the example of our bodies after the resurrection, it is shewed that Christs bodie is not euerie where.¹