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.

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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.
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Zanchi, Girolamo, 1516-1590.
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[Cambridge] :: Printed by Iohn Legat, printer to the Vniuersitie of Cambridge,
1599.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15857.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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VII. The sacraments of the newe conenant, of what sorte.

Wee also confesse with Augustine, that the sacraments deliuered by Christ, are in number few easie to be done. and most worthie to bee vnderstood. Few in number, because they are

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onely two, Baptisme, and the Lords Supper: easie to be done, for there is nothing either in Baptisme or the Lordes supper, which may not easily be performed & receiued, nothing trou∣blesome, nothing vnpleasant, or straunge vnto a man. Lastly most worthie to be vnderstood, because, although the things which are seene, are of no value, yet those things which are sig∣nified, which are set downe to be thought on, considered and vnderstood in the minde, are most reuerend, heauenly, diuine, & pertaining to eternall saluation.

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