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
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.
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- Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.
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- 1659.
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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 in∣grafting, 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,* 1.1 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 con∣stantly believe and confesse, that by works (to speak properly, and con∣cerning justification of life) a man is not justified, but declared to be ju∣stified.
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August.