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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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For like as of the union of the two natures, there is not framed a third nature, so, neither ⟨p. 287⟩by taking the human nature into unity of the divine person, is there framed, as it were a new person, which should be the proper person of Christ, and should differ from the person of the word, which is the word it self. For it is altogether the very same, nor doth it differ from it self, except herein, that the same which subsisted only in the form of God, and was only God: now subsisteth also in the form of a servant, & is also man: and before, was as a king naked, but is now clothed with our flesh, as with a purple garment: so that for this cause, the fathers not amiss, called the same (in some sort) a compounded person. But mark also this difference, besides the rest, that the garment pertaineth not to the essence of a king: but the human nature in Christ, is in such sort, that without it, cannot be defined what Christ is.
For like as of the vnion of the two natures, there is not framed a third nature, so, neither ⟨p. 287⟩by taking the humaine nature into vnity of the diuine person, is there framed, as it were a new person, which should be the proper person of Christ, and should differ from the person of the word, which is the word it selfe. For it is altogether the verie same, nor doth it differ from it selfe, except herein, that the same which subsisted onely in the forme of God, and was onely God: now subsisteth also in the forme of a seruant, & is also man: and before, was as a king naked, but is nowe clothed with our flesh, as with a purple garment: so that for this cause, the fathers not amisse, called the same (in some sort) a compounded person. But marke also this difference, besids the rest, that the garmēt pertaineth not to the essence of a king: but the humaine nature in Christ, is in such sorte, that without it, cannot be defined what Christ is.
5 Which is the cause, why the human nature thus taken, is to be reputed & acknowledged as it were a part of the person of Christ: namely because it is so taken into unity of his person: that as the word with this human flesh, is said to be, and is man: so also this flesh in the word, and with the word God, is said to be, and is God: as Athanasius, Gregory, Nazianzene, Damascene, and other fathers have proved out of the scriptures: for that flesh, is God, not by nature, but by Hypostasie; in which sense, the same flesh, is omnipotent, and present in all places, whereupon it comes also,