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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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2 They, seeing the bread which they take into their mouths, they nether acknowledge ⟨p. 320⟩nor believe it to be a Sacrament of Christs body: therefore they take it and eat it, not as a Sacrament, but as common bread: and therefore can they not be said to eat the body of Christ sacramentally. But these take the bread, not as common bread, but as a Sacrament of Christs body: and for that cause, are said to eat Christs body, though not in very deed, seeing they lack the mouth and teeth of true faith, yet to eat it sacramentally: by an argument drawn, as they call it, à coniugatis: they eat the Sacrament, as the Sacrament of Christs body: therefore they eat Christs body sacramentally: and so far forth as it is a Sacrament, because they eat not Christs body in very deed, but only the Sacrament thereof.
2 They, seing the bread which they take into their mouthes, they nether acknowledge ⟨p. 320⟩nor beleeue it to bee a Sacrament of Christs bodie: therefore they take it and eate it, not as a Sacrament, but as common bread: and therefore can they not be said to eate the bodie of Christ sacramentallie. But these take the bread, not as common bread, but as a Sacrament of Christs bodie: and for that cause, are said to eate Christs bodie, though not in verie deede, seing they lack the mouth and teeth of true faith, yet to eate it sacramentallie: by an argument drawne, as they call it, à coniugatis: they eate the Sacrament, as the Sacrament of Christs bodie: therefore they eate Christs body sacramentally: and so farre forth as it is a Sacrament, because they eate not Christs bodie in verie deed, but onely the Sacrament thereof.
Hereupon followeth that exposition, whereof we spake before, that it is not ungodly to say simply and absolutely, that the hypocrites do eat not only the Sacrament, but also the thing of the Sacrament, that is, not only bread, but also the very body of Christ. But in what sense? namely, in that, wherein the Apostle said, all they of Corinth in their first state were unclean, ungodly, &c: afterwards he said, they were not only washed (which some might have interpreted only of the water of baptism) but also sanctified. and justified: when notwithstā ding they were not all made truly such: but as yet there lacked not some hypocrites among them.