A15859:305
Speculum Christianum
Speculum Christianum or, A Christian survey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, grave, and learned divine, master Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseverance of the saints. 3. A summary abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.Speculum Christianum or, A Christian suruey for the conscience Containing, three tractates of that eminent, graue, and learned diuine, maister Hierome Zanchius. 1. Of the end of the world. 2. Of the perseuerance of the saints. 3. A summarie abridgement of his protections. Englished for the good of Gods church, and for a warning to wicked and impenitent men. By H.N.
London: printed by George Eld, 1614
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
This testimony of Oecolampadius can neither my adversary nor any other reject as discordant with the Augustan confession, or condemn it as heretical doctrine; but he must withal reject and condemn D. Hedion, as one who did approve doctrine both heretical and repugnant to the Augustan Confession, and proposed it to be read and received of the people of a Argentine; for1 he translated these Sermons of Oecolampadius, out of Latin into the Germane Language, that they might be read even of the people.
This testimony of OEcolampadius can neither my aduersary nor any other reiect as discordant with the Augustane confession, or coudemne it as haereticall doctrine; but he must withal reiect and condemne D. Hedion, as one who did approue doctrine both haeretical and repugnant to the Augustane Confession, and proposed it to be read and receiued of the people of a Argentme; for1 he translated these Sermons of OEcolampadius, out of Latine into the Germane Language, that they might bee read euen of the people.
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Musculm in loc•s communibus, Of remission of sins, cap. 6. concludeth That forgiveness of sins, once obtained, cannot in the Elect be made frustrate; and that for this reason, ⟨p. 278⟩because they never so do sin that they fall away from grace: saith he, Every sin doth not extinguish grace precedent; but the return to our old impiety, as to the vomit, doth extinguish it. It is one thing to defile the feet, after the Laver; and another thing, to tumble again with the whole body, like the filthy sow, in the filthy wallow. It is one thing if the wife do often offend her husband; and another, if being faithless she doth violate by adultery the conjugal faith and bond, and do make her self devoided of all matrimonial association. So it is one thing, simply to sin, which is incident even to th sons of God; another thing, utterly to fall away from the grace of God, to slide away to crucify Christ a fresh, and to expose him unto reproach, which is the property of the reprobate, not of the Elect. Of the latter kind of sinning the Epistle to the Hebrews speaketh, not of the former; thereupon cap. 10, he speaketh expressly,