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. II. That the Promise, Concerning the Re∣demption by Christ, was necessarie.

FOr Adam, not as a private per∣son, but as the parent and root

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of all mankind, as he was indued at the first with righteousness, that he might propagate it unto all his poste∣ritie as in an inheritance; for which cause it is commonly called Origi∣nall righteousness: So by his dis∣obedience, he hath transmitted unto all men great unrighteousnesse in stead of righteousnesse, and eternall death in stead of life eternall. Neces∣sarie therefore was it, that there should be another head, that is, Christ from whom by reason of his obedience there might be derived on all his members true and heavenly righteousnesse, holinesse, and life.

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