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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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VII. Errors.
Wherefore we condemn and detest all heresies, which have risen against this first article of our faith, or have sprung from hell, & bin condemned by the holy fathers in their lawful councils: as those of Cerin thus, Ebion, Valentinus, Marcion, Manichaeus, Arius, Eunomius, Sabellius, Praxea, Fotinus, and such like, as Seruetus, and Tritheitae, also the blasphemies of Jews and Turks: and lastly all heresies which have bin invented by the devil, either against the unity of the divine essence or against the true Trinity of persons: Yea and those therefore which deny either ⟨p. 14⟩the Son to be true and everlasting god, or the holy ghost to be so: or which do confound these persons, and say they be one and the self same existence, which for divers respects is called by diverse names of Father, Son, and holy Ghost. We also condemn all those errors which do separate the essential proprieties of god from the divine essence: which it seemeth unto us that these men very unadvisedly do, which teach that those essential proprieties in very deed may be communicated or rather at already communicated to creatures without communication of the essence.
Wherefore we condemne and detest all heresies, which haue risen against this first article of our faith, or haue sprong from hell, & bin condemned by the holie fathers in their lawfull councells: as those of Cerin thus, Ebion, Valentinus, Marcion, Manichaeus, Arius, Eunomius, Sabellius, Praxea, Fotinus, and such like, as Seruetus, and Tritheitae, also the blasphemies of Iewes and Turkes: and lastlie all heresies which haue bin inuented by the diuell, either against the vnitie of the diuine essence or against the true Trinitie of persons: Yea and those therefore which denie either ⟨p. 14⟩