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…

And now sith out intention is chiefly bent against those which following the error of one nature, do with a wilful obstinacy resist the decree of the Calcedon council. I think it not amiss, for the removing of their vain contradictions, and beating to pieces their glassy opinions with the mallet of truth, to rehearse some few things, concerning the human nature of the son of God, which they every way deny to be in him: and to show what want of christianity is in them, and how far of they be from the hope of everlasting life. It is a rule of the catholic faith, to confess, one and the same Lord Jesus Christ, as true God, so also true man: one of them both, & not two into one: the same without all time borne of the father, the same in time borne of the virgin: so that each of these births do so hold on Christ, that he suffered not any loss in ⟨p. 352⟩either: retaining in himself that was proper to him both ways, that is, that the nature of the word should not be changed in the flesh, & the nature of the flesh was not swallowed up in the word. Hereupon the same Lord Jesus Christ, is true God, and the same, true man, existing unspeakably of two natures, united together in one person in the virgins womb: which natures, seeing that in this wonderful covnion they are not abolished in him: to show a plain extance and appearance of the propriety of them both in himself being one, he did and spake things, belonging to both: not dividing the words, nor parting the aspects, nor separating his deeds: but he himself being one, speaking and doing in himself and by both, that which was agreeable, and was proper to both natures. And to make it more plain which we have said, let us use an example as thus, I my self am he, which with my bodily eyes do behold a white colour or a black: and again I am he, which by sight of my mind do judge of the evil of iniquity, and the good of righteousness: yet notwithstanding I am not now divers persons, because I do both these in a diverse respect. For I do not see the difference of colours, with the same eyes, with which I see the diversity of speeches: and yet I am the very same, which do this both the ways: both are in me not to see righteousness but only with the eyes ⟨p. 353⟩of my mind, and it is in me not to see colours, but only with the eyes of my flesh:

And now sith out intention is chiefly bent against those which following the error of one nature, doe with a willfull obstinacie resist the decree of the Calcedon councell. I thinke it not amisse, for the remoouing of their vaine contradictions, and beating to peeces their glassie opinions with the mallett of truth, to rehearse some fewe things, concerning the humaine nature of the sonne of God, which they euerie waye denie to be in him: and to shew what want of christianity is in them, and how farre of they bee from the hope of euerlasting life. It is a rule of the catholick faith, to confesse, one and the same Lord Iesus Christ, as true God, so also true man: one of them both, & not two into one: the same without all time borne of the father, the same in time borne of the virgine: so that each of these births do so hold on Christ, that he suffred not any losse in