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.

Vpon the 16. chapter. The 9. aphorisme.

The place of the 1. to the Corinth. 6. beeing diligently marked (as also we noted before in the 15. chap. and 14. Apho.) may well decide the controversie about the wicked mens Ea∣ting, that is, the Hypocrites; and of the sacra∣mentall eating.

We say, that hypocrites doe not eate the tru body of Christ, sith they are void of faith (name¦ly they eare it not truely and indeede, sith it is not indeede eaten, but onely by true faith, which they want) but onely sacramentally, that is, they eate indeede the sacrament, and the signe it felfe: The Adversaries say also, that hypocrites doe eate the true body of Christ, onely sacramentally: but by this word they meane, that they receiue not onely the sacrament, that is, the signe, but all the thing it selfe: though not vnto salvation. If they mean this in the same sence, that the Apostle doth, when he said, The Corinthians were all sanctified, iustified &c. namely that by receiuing baptis∣me the sacrament of true Regeneration, and sanctification, they were reckoned to haue re∣ceiued the thing also: sith the very sacrament

hindred not, but they might also be perta∣kers of the true sanctification, although all of them did not indeede obtaine the same, by reason of their hypocriticall faith; thē doubt∣lesse I see not, but such a manner of speaking may be well allowed: so it be declared as it ought, after the Apostles meaning. This I on∣ly alleadge, that the brethren may bethinke them of some good meanes of agreement, that so great an offence and scandale may be rooted out of the Church. We must all stand before Christs Tribunall seate.