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.

VI. As the first vnion was made that satisfaction might bee made for our sinnes: so the se∣cond is made, that vve might bee partakers of that sa∣tisfaction.

Wee beleeue therefore (that letting passe those things which pertaine not to this mat∣ter in hand, wee may come neerer) that the Sonne of God, by the euerlasting will of the Father, and therefore of himselfe also and of the holy ghost, like as he tooke vpon himselfe into vnity of his person, our flesh, that is, mans nature, conceiued by vertue of the holy ghost in the wombe of the virgine, that he might in himselfe purge vs of our sinnes, and in that flesh he most perfectlie fulfilled the lawe of God for vs, beeing made obedient vnto his Father euen vnto death, and at the length the same flesh being offred vp in sacrifice for our sinnes, he obtained in himselfe eternall salua∣tion for vs: so also, that he might make vs par∣takers of this saluation, by sacrifice of his flesh assumed for vs, he was willing & accustomed to take vnto him and to knitt and ioyne all his elect vnto him, in another kinde of vnion: namelie in such a coupling, as in it wee may bee vnited with him, though not into one person, yet into one misticall bodie, whereof he is the head, and euerie one of vs members, and may be made partakers of his diuine na∣ture.