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.

XII. The opinion of the corporall eating, to be reie∣cted, as vaine and vnproffitable.

Moreouer sith this manner of eating the flesh of Christ, namely, by faith, is both sure, and profitable to saluation: And the other, namely of eating it with the bodilie mouth, cannot be prooued out of the holy scripturs: and admit that somewhat might probably be alleadged for it, yet it is not necessarie, nor cā any thing at all profite the soule, but bringeth with it into the church many mischiefes, mon∣strous herisies, idolatries, stirres, schismes, dis∣solution of congregations: yea, makes christi∣an religion to be a scorne and derision to infi∣dells: we therefore beleeue, that piety willeth al of vs, contenting our selues with that kinde of eating, which in the supper is made by faith and by the spirite, wee should not regard the other kinde, but bidding it farewel, we should reuerently imbrace brotherly charitie, and peace, to which ende also the supper was insti∣tuted. Nether indeed cā the vse of those kinde of speaches be suffred in any other sense: then in this, as we vse to saye, that what we vnder∣stand by hearing the words with our eares, the same we learne by our eares. But to bring in phrases not vsed in the scriptures, especiallie such as bee not onely vnprofitable, but also pernitious & hurtfull, wee thinke it altogether vnlawfull.