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 June 4, 2024.
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VIII. All men must be subiect to the higher powers: and all the higher powers must be subiect to Christ himselfe and to his word.
Lastlie we beleeue, that euery soule, that is,
* 1.1 euerie man, none except, and therefore also e∣uerie inferior power, must bee subiect to the higher and greater power: yea and that supe∣rior power also, no lesse then the inferior, and all other men must bee subiect to Christ the king of kings, and Lord of all Lords.
* 1.2 For it is Gods will that they should al kisse the Sonne: and bowe their neckes vnder the yoake of his discipline. And therefore wee beleeue that it belongeth to the true gouernment and edifi∣cation of the church; that princes should chiefly subiect themselues to be taught, admonished,
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and reformed by the word of God: whereby others, by their example, may doe so also the more chearfully: and that if they refuse to do it, the princes or rulers, maye more freelie pu∣nish them for it, and compell them to their dueties.