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The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August…The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August…
The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmouth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.The staves of beauty & bands opened in a sermon preached at Yarmovth, August 23, 1663 / by Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich.
London: printed by T. Ratcliffe for George Thomason, 1663
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
8. Ab Evangelio, from the nature of the Gospel, which is called by the Apostle, ak Gospel of Peace, whereby we arel called unto peace; by the power whereof them rage of Lyons and Bears is calmed and subdued; much more should the Sheep of Christ be preserved from biting and devouring one another; it is a presage of rain and storms, when Sheep run heads together, and certainly it bodeth no good unto the Church when the Sheep of Christ are at discord one with another.
Lastly, A Sacramentis, which are sigilla & vincula pacis: from the Sacraments which are the Seals and Bands of Christian Peace; In Baptism we were nbaptized into one body; in the Lords Supper we being many, are oone Bread, and one body, for we are partakers of that one Bread; as the Wine is made of many grapes pressed into one Liquor, and the Bread ofp many grains moulded into one Lump, so the Church of many believers compacted together by one Spirit ⟨p. 63⟩