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A17012 The ecclesiasticall historie of Great Britaine deduced by ages, or centenaries from the natiuitie of our Sauiour, vnto the happie conuersion of the Saxons, in the seuenth hundred yeare; whereby is manifestly declared a continuall succession of the true Catholike religion, which at this day is professed & taught in, and by the Roman Church. Written. by Richard Broughton. The first tome containing the fower hundred first yeares. To which are annected for the greater benefite of the reader ample indexes ... Broughton, Richard. 1633 (1633) STC 3894; ESTC S107156 907,581 692

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save_a resurrection_n of_o christ_n and_o his_o most_o holy_a sepulchre_n as_o the_o writer_n than_o affirm_v those_o relic_n 27._o euseb_n l._n 3._o vit_fw-fr constant_n supr_fw-la cap._n 27._o be_v worthy_o call_v ipsum_fw-la venerandum_fw-la &_o sacrosanctum_fw-la salutaris_fw-la christi_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la monumentum_fw-la &_o sepulchrum_fw-la quod_fw-la meritò_fw-la sanctissimum_fw-la appelletur_fw-la 13._o as_o this_o work_n be_v undertake_v by_o s._n helen_n with_o pilgrimage_n prayer_n and_o great_a devotion_n as_o be_v before_o remember_v so_o constantine_n do_v the_o like_a deo_fw-la supr_fw-la cap._n 25._o supr_fw-la adiutore_fw-la invocato_fw-la and_o so_o be_v arm_v they_o overthrow_v and_o pull_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n all_o those_o rampire_n temple_n idol_n and_o whatsoever_o the_o pagan_n have_v there_o frame_v &_o erect_v to_o obscure_a &_o keep_v from_o reverence_n the_o holy_a relic_n of_o christ_n &_o cause_v they_o with_o great_a charge_n and_o 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similitudinem_fw-la verbis_fw-la &_o literis_fw-la non_fw-la hebraicis_fw-la solum_fw-la verumetiam_fw-la graecis_fw-la &_o latinis_fw-la inscriptum_fw-la quae_fw-la verba_fw-la ac_fw-la literae_fw-la non_fw-la aliud_fw-la complectebantur_fw-la quam_fw-la jesum_fw-la nazarenum_fw-la regem_fw-la judaeorum_n haec_fw-la ipsa_fw-la verba_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o sacro_fw-la euangeliorum_fw-la libri_fw-la commemoratum_fw-la est_fw-la mandato_fw-la pilati_n praesidis_fw-la super_fw-la caput_fw-la christi_fw-la scripta_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la 15._o socrates_n seem_v to_o affirm_v that_o both_o the_o bless_a cross_n of_o christ_n as_o he_o 13._o socrat._v hist_o eccles_n l._n 2._o cap._n 13._o term_v it_o and_o the_o two_o other_o as_o also_o the_o table_n in_o which_o pilate_n in_o diverse_a language_n do_v testify_v that_o christ_n be_v the_o king_n of_o the_o jew_n be_v all_o find_v in_o the_o holy_a sepulchre_n christi_fw-la monumentum_fw-la in_o quo_fw-la sepultus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la quo_fw-la resurrexit_fw-la diligenter_n pervestigat_fw-la ac_fw-la tandem_fw-la licet_fw-la valde_fw-la aegrè_fw-la deo_fw-la tamen_fw-la illi_fw-la opem_fw-la ferente_fw-la reperit_fw-la tres_fw-la cruces_fw-la in_o monumento_fw-la offendit_fw-la beatam_fw-la illam_fw-la quidem_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la christu●_n expansus_fw-la fuit_fw-la alteras_fw-la dvas_fw-la quibus_fw-la duo_fw-la latrones_fw-la suffixi_fw-la occubuerant_fw-la cum_fw-la quibus_fw-la una_fw-la reperta_fw-la est_fw-la tabula_fw-la pilati_n in_o qua_fw-la varijs_fw-la variarum_fw-la linguarum_fw-la characteribus_fw-la scripserat_fw-la palamque_fw-la declare_v averat_fw-la christum_fw-la crucifixum_fw-la regem_fw-la fuisse_fw-la judaeorum_n 16._o this_o be_v warrant_n and_o testimony_n sufficient_a that_o this_o sepulchre_n be_v the_o sacred_a sepulchre_n of_o christ_n and_o that_o cross_n to_o which_o the_o table_n of_o pilat_n witness_n so_o record_v in_o scripture_n belong_v be_v his_o holy_a cross_n but_o 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revera_fw-la omni_fw-la voce_fw-la clarius_fw-la seruatoris_fw-la resurrectionem_fw-la testificatus_fw-la est_fw-la sub_fw-la aspectu_fw-la eorum_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la illud_fw-la ipsum_fw-la contemplandum_fw-la veniebant_fw-la subiecit_fw-la the_o sepulchre_n which_o worthy_o may_v be_v call_v most_o holy_a do_v therefore_o fit_o express_v the_o likeness_n of_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n because_o after_o the_o dimness_n of_o darkness_n in_o which_o it_o have_v be_v as_o bury_v come_v again_o to_o light_n and_o before_o the_o eye_n of_o all_o which_o come_v to_o see_v it_o show_v a_o famous_a sight_n of_o miracle_n there_o do_v more_o clear_o thereby_o then_o any_o voice_n testify_v the_o the_o resurrection_n of_o our_o saviour_n so_o have_v other_o 17._o and_o the_o prophecy_n of_o esay_n the_o prophet_n be_v now_o perfect_o fulfil_v that_o the_o gentile_n shall_v believe_v in_o christ_n the_o messiah_n and_o his_o sepulchre_n shall_v be_v glorious_a ipsum_fw-la 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