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A97309	The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.	Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.; Winterton, Ralph, 1600-1636.	1659 (1659)	Wing Z7; Thomason E1897_1; ESTC R209936	137,419	420

Christ by vertue of the glory it received after his resurrection received the power of being every where then ours also will by reason of the same glory be every where which seeing it shall not be neither do we believe that the body of Christ however full of glory and majesty is now every where with its substance since it is finite and the glory thereof also finite especially for that he hath said that b Io● 17.24 he will that where he is there we should be also but we shall not be every where with our bodies DOCT. VII Errours FIrst we condemn the wicked dotage both of those Philosophers who taught the humane soul is mortall and 2. of those hereticks who imagin'd that the souls of men separated from their bodies did either sleep in certain secret places that is are deprived of all sense and operations of the mind or that they are awake indeed but rest untill they resume their bodies and then are either to be admitted into heaven or thrust into hell 3. Moreover we condemn those who dream that the souls of many of the godly are purged in a certain purgatory fire from the reliques of their sins and undergoe temporall pains 4. We disapprove their opinion who do not distinguish heaven where the godly shall be from hell where we read the wicked shall be but make the difference to consist only in this that some are made happy and others miserable although all be in the same place 5. But neither can we assent to them who say that the certain time month or year if not the the certain day and hour may be determin'd and known Act. 1.7 in which the Lord will come and put an end to to this world seeing Christ hath said It is not for you to know the times 2 Pet. 3 3. 6. We detest those Scoffers whom St. Peter mentions who think the world shall endure thus for ever and deny deride all life to come 7. We also condemn all those who reject the resurrection of the dead and also those who fancied we shall not have the same but other new bodies 8. We likewise condemn them who taught that bodies after the resurrection shall be so spiritual that like a spirit or ayre they can neither be seen nor felt such as some have attributed to Christ after his resurrection and others also impudently feign to have been changed into the divine nature so that it cannot be any longer termed a Creature CHAP. XXIX Of the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus to judge the living and the dead DOCTRINE I. That the dead being rais'd and the living chang'd at the coming of the Lord Iesus from Heaven Christ will immediately shew himself in the Clouds to be seen by all and all the faithfull shall goe meet him in the aire WE believe that at the coming of the Lord Jesus the resurrection of the dead being performed by the ministry of Angels they that are then alive shall not die but shall be instantly changed into the same condition with them that are raised and then Christ being returned from heaven to the Clouds to judge and passe sentence upon all will exhibit himself to be seen by all men and being attended with his Angels and appearing in his majestie and glory all the godly shall be translated from earth even to the heaven of the Clouds to meet him Mat 24.3 25.31 1 Thes 5.1 c. according as Christ himself and the Apostles have taught and left a recorded DOCT. II. That Christ will visibly move from place to place and so with a visible locall and finite body THerefore we believe that Christ will so return visibly as before he ascended from earth to heaven in the sight of his Apostles and that he will return from that heaven wherein he now is and which is consequently distant from the Clouds to which he shall descend and from the earth and so we believe he will descend with his natural body that it is necessary the same should be local and finite and therefore not ubiquitary seeing such a descending is by the holy Ghost described to the simple people as is not possible to be made without mutation of place DOCT. III. That the reprobate unbelievers shall not go unto Christ sitting in the clouds but remaining upon the earth shall heare the sentence of the Iudge BUt whereas the Scripture pronunces only of the godly that they shall be snatched up into the Clouds and goe meet Christ in the aire we believe that the wicked shall not go unto Christ but remaining under his feet heare the sentence of the Judge 1 Cor. 6.2 3. Goe ye Cursed into eternall fire all the Saints which shall be in the aire with Christ approving the sentence according to the opinion of the Apostle a that the Saints shall judge the world the Angels DOCT. IV. For what Causes that universall judgement is appointed WE believe that that judgement wherein Christ shall judge all being made visible to all is appointed chiefly for two reasons first to the end that those things which are now hid unto men aswell innocence faith and good conscience of the godly as the hypocrisie and crimes of the wicked may be layd open to the whole world and thereby it may most evidently appeare at the last how just the judgements of God have alwaies been whence that day is called by the Apostle a Rom. 2.5 the day of revelation Secondly that the recompense of good works promised to the good and of bad to the bad may be rendred fully to every one according to that of the Apostle We must all appeare before the judgement seat of Christ 2 Cor. 5.10 that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad whence it is called by the same Apostle c Rom. 2.5 The day of the righteous judgement of God DOCT. V. That eternall life which is given to the elect is called and is a reward but al together fully bestowed in no manner due to us saving through Christ FOr although what the elect shall then receive is the meer gift of God obtained by the merits of Christ alone yet we are not ignorant that it is and is truly called a reward seeing the Lord Iesus hath daigned to give it that term namely a free reward seeing even the good works of the godly all the causes from whence they proceed are the free gifts of God free election free redemption free calling faith justification regeneration forgivness of sins lastly the pardoning of the defects and weaknesses wherewith our good works themselves are attended on the other side the free imputation of the perfect obedience of Christ by which our imperfect is cloathed and rendred most acceptable to God so that it followes that if we will speak properly the reward is not due to us for our own works

f Coloss 2.18.23 shew of much pietie and divine worship yet they are g Matt. 15.8 9. not to be reckoned in any wise amongst good works and such as are pleasing and acceptable unto God DOCT. III. That good works are not done of us as of our selves but by the virtue and power of Christ's spirit AS vine-branches or olive-branches bring not forth fruits of themselves but by virtue of the vine or olive-tree whereinto they are ingrafted So we likewise do not of our selves do good works but by virtue of Christs Spirit into whom we are incorporated and from whom we draw even that life by which we live Christ himself working in us by his Spirit a Phil. 2.13 both to will and to do of his good pleasure b Ioh. 15.5 For without me saith he ye can do nothing DOCT. IV. That good works are not the cause but the effects of our union with Christ and our justification and our life ANd further as vine-branches or olive-branches do not therefore bring forth good fruit that so they may be ingrafted into the vine or olive-tree or themselves receive life but therefore fructifie because they are already ingrafted into the vine or olive-tree and live therein from whence it followes that their good fruits are not the cause of their ingrafting or life but the effects and manifest signes thereof Iust after the same manner do we believe that the case stands between Christ and us as St. Augustine sufficiently teacheth August where he saith That good works do not precede or go before a man that is yet to be justified but follow after a man is justified And therefore we constantly believe and confesse that by works to speak properly and concerning justification of life a man is not justified but declared to be justified DOCT. V. That although we by our good works are not justified yet others thereby oftentimes are edified unto salvation BUt yet this we adde that as trees themselves are not nourished nor receive life from their own fruits and yet others are nourished and live thereby as men and other living creatures So notwithstanding we by our works are not our selves justified yet others thereby are very much edified and by our example excited and a Matt. 5.16 stirred up to glorifie God and to seek the true righteousnesse and life in Christ and are thereby saved For the Apostle himself b Rom. 11.13 saith that he did therefore magnifie or illustrate his office among the gentiles viz. by his diligence and sanctitie of life that he might provoke to emulation those which were his flesh and so save some of them and in another place he c 1 Cor 7.16 saith that it may so come to passe that the unbelieving husband or wife may be saved by the wife or husband which believeth that is which performeth a Christians duty in leading a godly and holy life and again writing to Timothie he saith that if he look diligently unto his office that is the office of a Bishop he shall both save himself and others DOCT. VI. That we do not condemne good works although we deny that a man is justified thereby WHerefore although we deny that good works are to be done of us to this end that we may be justified thereby forasmuch as this would overthrow the righteousnesse which is the free gift of God and the whole benefit of Christ we do not therefore condemne the study of holy life and good works yea we commend the same and exhort thereunto with all vehemencie upon all occasions DOCT. VII That there are many and those very weighty reasons why we ought to be exercised in the study and practise of good works FOr there are declared unto us in holy Scripture many and those very weighty reasons why we ought diligently to exercise our selves in the study and practise of good works although we are not justified thereby Of which reasons some have reserence immediately to the glorie of God others belong to the salvation of our neighbour and the good of the Church and others tend to our thankfullnesse towards God as likewise to our own salvation 1. a Matt. 15.16 They are commanded by God And him we must absolutely obey 2. a God is thereby glorified And we must by all means promote this glorie 3. God hath therefore elected created and redeemed us b Tit. 2.12 that denying ungodlinesse and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world And we must not disappoint him of his end 4. They please God Act. 10.35 Col. 1.10 for he c loveth righteousnesse and hateth iniquitie And whatsoever pleaseth God we ought to do although there should come no profit thereby either to our neighbour or our selves But unto our neighbour and the Church especially cometh much profit thereby not onely as concerning the body externall things but the soul also and eternall salvation whilst by our example to let passe other things the elect are a Heb. 10.24 provoked to the like studie of pietie and practise of good works And as concerning our selves they are profitable unto us many wayes I. b 2 Pet. 1.10 Because by our good works as the effects of our election and vocation we make them both sure both to our selves and others 2. c Tim. 1.6 Because faith doth not onely demonstrate and shew forth it self by good works as the fruits thereof but also is exercised stirred up strengthened and increased thereby as also all Morall virtues receive strength and increase by dayly exercise 3. Because as we d Eph. 4.30 grieve the holy Spirit by our sins So by our good works we make him glad and are our selves filled with spirituall joy and gladnesse in our hearts and consciences and resist the devills temptations 4. e Deut. 28.1 c. Because as by eschewing sin we escape many punishments So also following the study and practise of good works we obtain of God manifold blessings both in this life and in that especially which is to come 5. and lastly f Eph. 2.10 because they are the way by which God ordinarily leadeth this elect unto eternall life and a Ioh. 15.6 unlesse the vine-branch bring forth fruit it shall be cut off and cast into the fire DOCT. VIII That unto our good works a reward is promised and given but yet of grace and for the merits of Christ FRom whence we understand that although by our good works we b Luke 17.10 cannot to speak properly merit unto our selves the possession of a celestiall inheritance for c Rom. 6.23 The gift of God is eternall life Yet we may d Matth. 5.7 obtain it as reward but yet of the mere mercy of God and for the merits of Christ DOCT. IX Errours condemned WE therefore condemn all those who standing upon the condignitie of their works do teach either that remission of sinnes or eternall life or any other

sake consider'd in themselves but only for the imputed merits of Christ DOCT. VI. That judgement being ended the godly shall immediately be in heaven with Christ and the wicked in hell with the Devil and his Angels MOreover we believe that immediately after that judgement the godly shall follow Christ into heaven and the wicked with the Devils shall be thrust into hell Christ saying unto those Come ye blessed of my Father but to these Goe ye cursed into fire everlasting DOCT. VII That that day shall be most joyfull to the godly and therefore to be desir'd but to the wicked most sad and so intolerable to them even to hear of it SO we believe that last day will be to them who are grafted into Christ most happy and joyfull and that therefore it is beloved wished for by them and so ought to be desired and loved by us but the most unhappy and sad of all to the wicked whence it is no wonder that they hate that day 2 Tim. 4.8 and cannot endure the mention of it DOCT. VIII Errours 1. WE condemn those who deny that Christ is truly and really in his humane body to descend from heaven to the clouds and from thence to return into heaven with the elect but maintain that all this shall be without any mutation of place only by a sort of appearance as they call it and disappearance who are contradicted by sayings of Angels to the Apostles a Acts 1.11 As ye have seen him ascending into heaven so shall he come 2. We dissent from those who teach that works of godlinesse consider'd in themselves are the true cause for which eternall life is given and are the true deserts of the same the Apostle being of the contrary opinion and saying b Rom. 6 2● The gift of God is life eternall Neither do we approve the opinion of the C●iliasts concerning a thousand years wherein after judgement Christ shall converse with his elect in this world who shall live in the delights of the flesh but such as are seemly and shall beget issue but holy and at length be translated into heaven 4. We condemn and abominate their errour who hold that the fire into which the wicked are sent shall be in time extinct so that even all the devils that live happily in the kingdome of God contrary to the expresse words of Christ a Matt. 25.41 Go into eternall fire CHAP XXX Of life Eternall DOCTRINE I. That all shall receive eternall life who by their good works shall have testified that they were truly ingrafted into Christ and believed in Christ THerefore we believe that at last eternall life that is a full and perfect possession of life eternall shall be given in that last day to all who by the evident works of true faith and piety shall be openly declared before all Angels and men most clearly demonstrated and by the sentence of Christ the Iudge be pronounced to have been truly ingrafted into Christ by the holy spirit and so to have believed in God the Father in his Son Iesus Christ and in the holy Ghost to have been living members of the holy Church and to have had communion with all the Saints and to have obained remission of their sins the Lord himself teaching this who saith a Mat. 25 34 c. that he will say unto those that are on his right hand Come ye blessed of my Father enter into the kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world For I was an hungred and ye gave me to eat c. DOCT. II. The foregoing doctrine confirmed and that life eternall is given not in consideration of our works but through Christ in whom we are freely elected blessed and made the sons of God FOr in these words the Lord seemeth to have declared unto us that our good works are the evidences of our election blessing adoption and so of right an inheritance but that the cause for which we shall obtain life eternall and the possession of the kingdome of heaven is partly for that even before the foundation of the world that is before we had done any good that kingdome was freely prepared for us through Christ Eph. 1.3 partly for that we a have been blessed by the Father with all spirituall blessing in Christ and so called by grace justified obtained forgivenesse of our sins sanctified and adopted to be the sons of God through the same Christ and regenerated by his spirit whereby we are made coheirs of that kingdome Therefore forasmuch as the Lord will remember works of piety we do not question but he doth the same that it may be manifest to the whole world that we have truly been blessed elected just children of God to whom the inheritance was due according to that of the Apostle If children then heirs but that we are the children of God is declared by regeneration and regeneration by the effects of regeneration which are the works of faith and piety DOCT. III. That as the life of the godly shall be eternall so also the pains and fire of the wicked shall be eternall BUt as we believe that the children of God shall obtain life eternall so also we confesse that hypocrites and all the wicked shall goe into eternall fire never to be extinguish'd Mat. 25.48 and there be tormented for ever when Christ shall openly say Go ye into eternall fire DOCT. IV. That it can neither be express'd nor conceiv'd how happy that eternall life shall be BUt what that life is and after what manner and how great the felicity which is signify'd by the name of the kingdome of heaven we confesse ingenuously with the Apostle that neither eye hath seen it 1 Co● 2.9 nor ear heard it nor hath it entred into the heart of man being a thing greater and of more excellency then that it can be comprehended by human understanding and of such happinesse that greater cannot fall within our desires Therefore we simply believe we who are of Christ we are ruled by his Spirit who depend on his word and who place all our confidence of salvation in him that all shall be most happy and all shine like the Sun in the sight of God Mat. 13.43 1 Cor 11 12. Phil. 1.23 that we shall see God as he is and all live a heavenly and divine life with Christ and his Angels freed from all sin all misery all evil without any more sorrow without fear with out want or desire of any thing because God will be all in all 1 Cor. 15.28 Apoc. 22.3 4 c. and we shall see his face and in that city there shall be no night nor shall there be need of any candle or light of the Sun because the Lord God shall give us light and we shall reign for ever and ever with Christ Iesus our head Spouse Saviour Lord to whom praise honour and glory for evermore Amen FINIS THE CONTENTS OF THE CHAPTERS CHAPTER I. Concerning the Holy Scriptures which are the foundation of all Christian Religion Pag. 1. Chap. II. Concerning God the divine Persons and Properties Pag. 13 Chap. III. Concerning Gods foreknowledge and Pradestination Pag. 19 Chap. IV. Concerning Gods Omnipotency and will Pag. 26 Chap. V. Concerning the Creation of the world the Angels and the first estate of man Pag. 29 Chap. VI. Concerning Gods Providence and his governing the world Pag. 37 Chap. VII Concerning the Fall of man and originall sin and the fruits of it Pag. 44 Chap. VIII What free-will was left unto Man after his Fall Pag. 53 Chap. IX Concerning the Promise of Redemption and Salvation through Christ Pag. 61 Chap. X. Concerning the Law Pag. 65 Chap. XI Concerning Christ our Redeemer Pag. 77 Chap. XII Concerning the true dispensation of redemption salvation and life and therefore the necessitie of our union and communion with Christ Pag. 108 Chap. XIII Concerning the Gospel and the abrogation of the Law by the Gospel Pag. 131 Chap. XIV Concerning the Sacraments of the New Testament Pag. 143 Chap. XV. Concerning Baptisme Pag. 169 Chap. XVI Concerning the Lords Supper Pag. 178 Chap. XVII Concerning Faith Hope and Charitie Pag. 201 Chap. XVIII Concerning Repentance Pag. 209 Chap. XIX Concerning Iustification Pag. ●16 Chap. XX. Concerning the Free-will of a man regenerate and his power unto that which is good Pag. 232 Chap. XXI Concerning good works Pag. 242 Chap. XXII Concerning Invocation and swearing Pag. 252 Chap. XXIII Concerning the Church of Christ in general Pag. 258 Chap. XXIV Concerning the Church Militant Pag. 259 Chap. XXV Of the Government of the Church Militant and of the Ecclesiasticall Ministry Pag. 307 Chap. XXVI Concerning Magistrates Pag. 361 Chap. XXVII Of the perpetuall remission of sins in the Church of Christ Pag. 372 Chap. XXVIII Of the state of souls after death and of the resurrection of the dead Pag. 383 Chap. XXIX Of the glorious coming of the Lord Iesus to judge the living and the dead Pag. 392 Chap. XXX Of life Eternall Pag. 400