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 June 16, 2024.

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DOCT. XVII. In summe, what communitie the Sacra∣ments of the Old Testament have with the Sacraments of the New.

COncerning the Sacraments of the Old Testament we need not

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say much; forasmuch as they are abrogated: But this one thing must not be omitted, to wit, that the Fa∣thers of old, forasmuch as they had the same God that we have, the same promises, the same Mediatour, the same Spirit regenerating, the same faith, and the same hope: They had likewise the same Sacraments that we have, if we have respect unto the substance thereof which is Christ; al∣though for ceremonies different from ours: And this we the rather hold; because theirs were delivered to them to the same end that ours are delivered unto us, to wit, that they might be confirmed in the faith of Christ, and grow up together in com∣munion with him. To prove what we have said these places of Scripture are very pertinent, he was,a 1.1 the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.b 1.2 They did all drink the same Spirituall drink: (for they drank of that Spiri∣tuall Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ) And again,c 1.3 Iesus Christ the same yesterday and to day, and for ever.

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