The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
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The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
Author
Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.
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London, :: Printed by John Redmayne,
1659.
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Christianity -- Early works to 1800.
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"The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A97309.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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DOCT. XX. That the whole Catholick Church is not suffer'd to fall into errour, but that all particular Churches may erre.
BUt we believe and acknowledge, that this Catholick Church, which we have described above, is so gover∣ned by the Spirit of Christ, that he will never suffer all of it to erre at the same time: because he alwayes pre∣serves the light of truth in some pious persons, and by their ministry keepes it pure to the end of the world and propagates it to succeeding ages. Whereunto we do not doubt to ap∣ply that of St. Paul,that the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth; be∣cause there is no truth out of the Church, but it is constantly preser∣ved in it; seeing there is alwayes some assembly found great or small, in which the word of truth is preach∣ed. But we conceive the matter is farre otherwise in the case of parti∣cular Churches, which are alwayes mixt of good and bad. For first, in these assemblies, either the pure word of God is preached, or errours
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are taught with it. But where there is no ministery of the word at all, there we acknowledge no Church. If there∣fore false tenets be preached together with the truth, how can it be affirm∣ed that such assemblie cannot erre, when it erres manifestly? But if the pure word of God be taught, yet the hypocriticall reprobates who believe not, doe alwaies erre, seeing they re∣ject the light of truth, and walk in darknesse; and of such there is almost ever the greatest number in all places. Neverthelesse the godly, although they are never suffered by Christ so to erre as to persevere in errour and perish; since Christ saith the Elect cannot be seduced even by the miracles and wonders of Antichrist, namely to the end unto destruction: yet they may erre, both severally, and many together, and that not only in point of manners but also in the doctrine of faith; as is apparently evidenced by the holy and Ecclesi∣asticall histories, and what hath hap∣ned even to the godly and religious Bishops, and to their Churches in the East and West.