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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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2 I will rise therefore said I, and will go about the City, through the streets, & through the greater places, & will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I could not find him. 3 The watch which go about the city found me, & I said, saw you him whom my soul loveth?
2 I will rise therefore saide I, and will goe about the City, through the streets, & through the greater places, & wil seek him whō my soul loueth: I sought him, but I could not find him. 3 The watch which go about the city found me, & I said, saw you him whō my soule loueth?
1 That the Lord suffereth not himself to be found incontinently of his, amidst the confusions and desolations of the Church, is for no other cause, but to make himself to be so much the more ardently and earnestly sought after. 2 It is neither to the greater number, nor unto that which is most commonly received, that we are to keep our selves, to find the true Church. 3 The certain, infallible, and perpetual mark of the true Church is the doctrine registered by the Prophets and Apostles. 4 The truth continueth firm and stable in the true Catholic Church opposed unto the Heretical: but it shineth not always alike, nor is alike known. 5 The doctrine of the Apostles and the Catholic Church are unseparable, and is a testimony one unto the other. 6 The holy scripture ought to serve for text and interpretation. 7 The spirit of truth was never tied, without any exception, unto the Levitical ministry. 8 Wherefore the spouse went her way farther without staying the watches answer. 9 The spirit of truth is not tied to them without exception who sit in the chair of the ministry of the gospel. 10 The holy scriptures are in all times irreprovable Judges of the true Christian doctrine, as it appeareth by the testimony of Jesus Christ himself and his Apostles. 11 Bare personal succession is not to be stood on, though the outward form be therein observed. 12 This doctrine being well practised breedeth no confusion in the Church. 13 The horrible disorder brought in & confirmed in the Church by the Apostatical See of Rome, & that they are neither heretics nor Schismatics who have severed themselves from it by extraordinary means sent of God. 14 The conclusion showing how we ought to behave our selves in this behalf.