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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. A confirmation of the former opinion, and that eternal life is not given for our own works, but for Christ in whom we are freely chosen, blessed, and made the children of god.
II. A confirmation of the former opinion, and that eternall life is not giuen for our owne works, but for Christ in whom we are freely chosen, blessed, and made the children of god.
For by these words the Lord seemeth to have declared unto us, that our good works are testimonies of our election, blessing, and adoption in Christ, and so of our lawful inheritance: and that the cause, whereby we shall obtain eternal life and possession of the heavenly kingdom, is, partly because that ere the beginning of the world, that is, ere we had done any good thing, that kingdom was freely prepared for us in Christ: partly because we were blessed of the father, namely, 1with all spiritual blessing in Christ, and therefore called by grace, justified, forgiven our offences, and sanctified: lastly, because we were in the same Christ adopted the sons of God, and ••nued or borne again by his spirit, & therefore ⟨p. 271⟩made coheirs with him of the kingdom: which he plainly meant by the word [Greek or Hebrew], that is, by the right of inheritance, possess as sons. Whereas, the Lord therefore shall reckon up the works of piety, he shall do it (we doubt not) to this purpose, that by them it may appear to the whole world, that we were the truly blessed, chosen, just children of God, to whom the inheritance was due: