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A25854 Mr. John Arndt (that famous German divine) his book of Scripture declaring that every child of God ought and must 1. daily die to the old Adam, but to Christ live daily, 2. and be renewed to the image of God day by day, 3. and in the new-birth live the life of the new creature / translated out of the Latine copie by Radulphus Castrensis Antimachivalensis.; Wahres Christenthum. 1. Buch. English Arndt, Johann, 1555-1621.; Antimachivalensis, Radulphus Castrensis. 1646 (1646) Wing A3731; ESTC R16074 180,338 440

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