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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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Hierome, Tom. 6. in Joel. ca. 2. pa. 66. Therefore (saith he) the saving health of God, cannot be seen, except the holy ghost be poured down: and who so saith that he believeth in Christ, and believeth not in the holy ghost: he hath not the eyes of perfect faith. Whereon, also in the Acts of the Apostles: they which were baptized by Johns baptism into him that was to come, that is, in the name of the Lord Jesus: because when Paul asked them, they answered, we know not whether there be an holy ghost: they were baptized again: yea they received true baptism, because without the holy ghost, and the mystery of the trinity, whatsoever is received in the name of the one or the other person, is unperfect, &c. Augustine cont. Petil. cap. 7. coll. 498. sayeth. Paul baptized those twelve, either because they had not received Johns baptism, but lied: or else, if they had received it, yet they had not received Christs baptism. For he thought with Cyprian, and Tertullian, and other fathers that Johns baptism and Christs did differ: of which matter more hereafter. Of our own writers also, that learned man Wolff. Musculus, about the place of the Act. 19. thinketh as ⟨p. 302⟩Ambrose doth, in his common place, the place of baptism, whose words, because he handleth that place very largely, we will not repeat, and before Musculus, Bucer both on the third of Matth. and on the fourth of the epist. to the Ephes. upon Math. he hath these words. To those Ephesians, which had been baptized with Johns baptism, not knowing what it was, because as then they knew not the holy ghost: wherewith Paul had preached that Christ should baptize them; we read that he said Act. 19. John baptized indeed with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe in him, which should come after him, that is, in Christ Jesus. Now what do we else, or ought we to do in baptizing? For ours is also the baptism of repentance: so long as those whom we baptize, we also bury into the death of Christ, that is, we ascribe them into that number, which throughout all there life, must die unto sin, and live unto righteousness: and yet shall not receive that neither, but by the gift of Christ. Therefore of such as be of years of discretion, whom we baptize, we require their faith in Christ: & the infants we commit unto the church to be brought up to the same faith.