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The account reckoning and confession of the faith of Huldrik Zwinglius bishop of Zuryk…The accompt rekenynge and confession of the faith of Huldrik Zwinglius byshop of Zuryk…
The account reckoning and confession of the faith of Huldrik Zwinglius bishop of Zuryk the chief town of Helvetia sent unto Charles the fifth now Emperor of Rome, holding a counsel with the most noble princes, estates and learned men of Germany assembled together at Augsburg. 1530. in the month of July. Translated out of latin by Thomas Cotsforde. And imprinted at Geneva. In April. 1555.The accompt rekenynge and confession of the faith of Huldrik Zwinglius byshop of Zuryk the chief towne of Heluetia sent vnto Charles the fyfte nowe Emperoure of Rome, holdynge a counsel wyth the moost noble princes, estates and learned men of Germany assembled together at Ausburgh. 1530. in the moneth of Iuly. Translated out of latyn by Thomas Cotsforde. And imprinted at Geneua. In April. 1555.
printed by Egidius Van der Erve, 1555
Letter › ¶Three mo sorts of confession of since.Letter › ¶Thre mo sortes of confession of synnes.
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All which things were evident witnesses of her true and unfeigned repentance of her since and fruits of her sure faith that she had in Christs goodness. For whose comfort Christ said: thy since are forgiven thee. thy faith hath saved thee: go thy way in peace. This earnest confession of since unto god should every christian daily practise & exercise unfeignedly.
All whyche thynges were euidēt witnesses of her true and vnfayned repē taūce of her synnes and frutes of her sure faythe that she had in Christes goodnes. For whose comforte Christe sayde: thy synnes are forgeuen thee. thy fayth hath saued thee: go thy way in peace. This earneste confession of synnes vnto god shuld euery christian dayly practyse & exercyse vnfaynedly.
Of this aforesaid confession to God springeth out the confession of our own sinfulness before men.1 For he that hath felt a taste of the mercy of God as he shall see occasion to glorify God by his example will not be ashamed other privately before one man, or openly before many men, yea though all the whole world were present, to confess him self to have been an horrible transgressor of God's holy commandments. He will nothing doubt, but that he with this his meek confession shall much glorify God, and move the hearers by his example to abhor sin and change their evil life. Of this we have an evident example in God's chosen vessel S. Paul, which after his conversion unto the faith of Christ was not ashamed many times2 ⟨p. 73⟩openly to confess before men, what an unmerciful tyrant and ungracious graft he was against the holy congregation of Christ, before his conversion to the faith. This thing also ashamed he not to write and set forth to the hole world, saying: I am not worthy to be called an Apostle,3 because I persecuted the congregation of God. And in an other place he sayeth: I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a tyrant. &c. And after: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.