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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.
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.
But here one will say:1 Sir me think ye take the scriptures to straitly, if you would bind us to confess our faults only to a priest, or only to our own curate. For albeit S. James saith:2 Knowledge your faults one unto an other, yet he saith not one lay man unto a priest, nor one parishioner unto his one curate and to no nother: but he saith generally one unto another. Therefore I think that I may aswell make my confession to any other man as unto a priest, or unto mine one curate.
But here one wyl saye:1 Syr me thinke ye take the scriptures to straytly, yf you wolde bynd vs to confesse our fautes only to a preste, or only to our own curate. For albeit S. Iames sayth:2 Knowledge your fautes one vnto an other, yet he sayth not one laye man vnto a preste, nor one parishoner vnto his one curate and to no nother: but he sayth generally one vnto a nother. Therfore I thincke that I maye aswell make my cōfessyon to any other man as vnto a preste, or vnto myn one curate.
Truth it is, that thou mayst freely chose any discrete christen man that is well learned in holy scripture,