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Master Bezaes sermons upon the three chapters of the canticle of canticlesMaster Bezaes sermons vpon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles
Master Bezaes sermons upon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles wherein are handled the chiefest points of religion controversed and debated between us and the adversary at this day, especially touching the true Jesus Christ and the true Church, and the certain & infallible marks both of the one and of the other. Translated out of French into English by John Harmar ...Master Bezaes sermons vpon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles wherein are handled the chiefest points of religion controversed and debated betweene vs and the aduersarie at this day, especially touching the true Iesus Christ and the true Church, and the certaine & infallible marks both of the one and of the other. Translated out of French into English by Iohn Harmar ...
Oxford: printed by Joseph Barnes, 1587Oxford: printed by Ioseph Barnes, 1587
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8 The marks therefore of the true Christian Church are neither steeples, nor towers, nor other sumptuous & costly buildings, nether crosses, nor mitres of gold or of silver, nor clothes of gold, or precious stones, which had their place in the ancient temple to serve for the rudiments & principles of the world, & to be the figure of that whereof Jesus Christ is the body, Col. 2.8.17. and Heb. 10.1. So that now all this pelf and trash is the ornament and decking of the whore, Apoc. 17.4. but the Churches true ornament and setting forth is, in respect of the Lord, the order of his holy ministry & service set up & established: & in respect of herself, the certainty of understanding and assured knowledge she hath of the secret of our salvation, Col. 2.2. and the fruits of the spirit, recited by the Apostle, Gal. 5.22. flowers truly pleasant and liking the Lord through his grace.
8 The marks therefore of the true Christian Church are neither steeples, nor towers, nor other sumpteous & costly buildings, nether crosses, nor miters of gold or of siluer, nor clothes of gold, or precious stones, which had their place in the auncient tēple to serue for the rudiments & principles of the world, & to be the figure of that whereof Iesus Christ is the body, Col. 2.8.17. and Heb. 10.1. So that now all this pelfe and trash is the ornament and decking of the whore, Apoc. 17.4. but the Churches true ornament and setting forth is, in respect of the Lord, the order of his holy ministerie & seruice set vp & established: & in respect of herselfe, the certainty of vnderstanding and assured knowledge she hath of the secret of our saluation, Col. 2.2