A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

But whereas the Doubt may be, Wherein lieth the strength of this Argument? Christ is risen, therefore his members, or all that are his shall rise (For you must know the Apostle's Arguments do principally prove the blessed and happy Resurrection of the Just, the Wicked they shall rise, but by the power of Christ, as a Judge, not as members united to him their Head.) At the twentieth verse he giveth us a two-fold reason of that connection:

But whereas the Doubt may be, Wherein lieth the strength of this Argument? Christ is risen, therefore his members, or all that are his shall rise (For you must know the Apostle's Arguments doe principally prove the blessed and happy Resurrection of the Just, the Wicked they shall rise, but by the power of Christ, as a Judge, not as members united to him their Head.) At the twentieth verse he giveth us a two-fold reason of that connexion:

First, Christ is the first-fruits; now the first fruits sanctified the whole ⟨p. 181⟩crop of Corn, and although they were taken before the rest, yet this did assure, that all would be taken in its time: Thus Christ being the first fruits did sanctify all his people, and his Resurrection was an assured pledge of theirs.

First, Christ is the first-fruits; now the first fruits sanctified the whole ⟨p. 181⟩crop of Corn, and although they were taken before the rest, yet this did assure, that all would be taken in its time: Thus Christ being the first fruits did sanctifie all his people, and his Resurrection was an assured pledge of theirs.