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.

I. That Christ, the man from heauen, was promi∣sed by grace to saue vs.

WHen therfore the first earthly man, by his owne fault had fallen into so miserable an estate, through diso∣bedience, and together with him, all his po∣steritie, which had sinned in him, and were in deede to bee conceiued in sinne, and to bee borne the children of wrath: we beleeue that god of his meere grace and fauour, promised vnto Adam and Eue, and in them to all man∣kinde, an other man from heauen, * 1.1 that should be the true substance of verie woman, but cō∣ceiued without the seede of man, & so should be born of a virgine without sinne: in whome, as in another head of mankinde, consisting of a diuine and humaine nature, beeing the true image of the father, and full of the holie spirite, that should bee supplied, which in A∣dam the first head, by his owne fault, was de∣caied: that is, that hee the second man, in the name of all vs, which were to bee ingrafted in∣to him by his spirite, * 1.2 and by a spirituall rege∣neration should become flesh of his flesh, and

bone of his bone, * 1.3 should most perfectly bee o∣bedient vnto god: and by his obedience and death should take away sinne, should appease the wrath of god, should redeeme vs, iustifie vs, sanctifie vs, and gouerne vs by his spirite, should indue vs with true libertie, and with power to do god, and lastly should saue vs & glorifie vs to eternall life.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Gen. 3.15 1. Cor. 15.47.48 Mat. 1.20 Luc. 1.34 Ebr. 4.15 Ios. 7.14
• * 1.2

  Rom. 6.5 & 11.17.
• * 1.3

  Io. 5.6 Eph. 5.29 Phil. 2.8 Rom. 5.19 Eph. 2.13.14