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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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But how can that be, sith passion cannot fall into it? It is therefore common to it to suffer, not in the own essence (for that nether could nor can suffer) but in Christ, that is, in the person of Christ, which consisteth of the two natures: ⟨p. 362⟩and therefore, which only according to the flesh suffered: so that in the proper essence of the deity there is no passion, but it is only in the common person by reason of the flesh: and consequently God is also said to have suffered, when notwithstanding the deity suffered nothing, but only the person of god & man, that is he which is God and man, suffered according to the flesh. I will rehearse this again. The proprieties (for example) of the human nature, as to suffer, & to die, they are therefore said to be common to the deity, because the deity also hath them. For if in no sort it had them: the same could be said no ways to be made common to it with the flesh.
But how can that be, sith passion cannot fal into it? It is therefore common to it to suffer, not in the owne essence (for that nether could nor can suffer) but in Christ, that is, in the person of Christ, which consisteth of the two natures: ⟨p. 362⟩and therefore, which onely according to the flesh suffred: so that in the proper essence of the deitie thereis no passion, but it is onely in the common person by reason of the flesh: and consequently God is also said to haue suffered, when notwithstanding the deitie suffred nothing, but onely the person of god & man, that is he which is God and man, suffred according to the flesh. I will rehearse this againe. The proprieties (for example) of the humaine nature, as to suffer, & to die, they are therefore said to be common to the deitie, because the deitie also hath them. For if in no sort it had thē: the same could be said no wayes to be made cō mon to it with the flesh.
Now then, they are truly said to be common to the deity with the humanity, not simply, but in Christ: because it hath them not in it self, that is, in the own essence, as the flesh hath: but only in the person of Christ, which is one and the same person of both the natures, seeing it subsisteth in both of them.