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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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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.
Now, seeing the condition and state of the souls of faithful and unfaithful men is so divers: we also believe that the places into which they pass are divers: that is to say, everlasting tabernacles, 1or heaven & paradise ordained for the godly; and hell and the deeps prepared for the wicked: sith to one of these places the scriptures attribute an immeasurable light, and to the other exceeding darkness, which Christ called utter darkness: and sith the Lord sayeth, 2that he desireth, that where he himself is, there should also be they, which believe in him: plainly meaning, that in the same place, where he is in body and soul, the faithful are and shall be also: first indeed in their souls, afterwards at their time they shall be with their bodies. but the unfaithful with neither souls nor bodies. So we judge it great impiety to say, that heaven is every where: sith it is to the ungodly no where, but to the godly it is only assigned in the holy scriptures, as their proper, and everlasting seat. And it must needs be granted, both that bodies are circumscribed with their certain distances of place, yea even after the resurrection: & also that souls are contained at least, (as they speak) definitely.