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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
Sermon 27: THE XXVII SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the…
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And indeed where, & by whom was Jesus Christ judged worthy of death, as being a blasphemer against God & against the temple? Where, & by whom was his doctrine condemned of impiety? Where, & by whom were the Apostles forbidden to preach the gospel? Where, by whom, & for what cause was Steven accused, & stoned to death? It is then a mere bewitchednesse & frenzy to tie the holy ghost unto one place whatsoever it be, or to any certain estate of men to ground on them the rule of a mans faith without exception: seeing that under ⟨p. 367⟩the ancient people themselves, among whom Jerusalem was the place which the Lord had chosen for his house & habitation, there were none more deceived then they, who without any exception or limitation rested & grounded themselves on that temple, & on the personal succession of Aaron, Jerusalem being often the seat and See not of Truth, but of Murdering of the Preachers of the Trueth, & the nest of the Baalims.
And indeed where, & by whom was Iesus Christ iudged worthy of death, as being a blasphemer against God & against the temple? Where, & by whom was his doctrine condemned of impiety? Where, & by whom were the Apostles forbidden to preach the gospel? Where, by whō, & for what cause was Steuen accused, & stoned to death? It is then a meere bewitchednesse & phrensie to tie the holy ghost vnto one place whatsoeuer it be, or to any certaine estate of men to ground on them the rule of a mans faith without exception: seeing that vnder ⟨p. 367⟩the ancient people themselues, among whom Ierusalē was the place which the Lord had chosen for his house & habitation, there were none more deceiued then they, who without anie exception or limitatiō rested & grounded themselues on that temple, & on the personall succession of Aaron, Ierusalem being often the seate and See not of Truth, but of Murdering of the Preachers of the Trueth, & the nest of the Baalims.