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A09998 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 ...; Sermons sur les trois premiers chapitres du Cantique des cantiques. English Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Harmar, John, 1555?-1613. 1587 (1587) STC 2025; ESTC S101752 345,082 450

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together_o luk._n 17.37_o and_o what_o be_v this_o dead_a body_n it_o be_v say_v saint_n paul_n jesus_n christ_n &_o he_o crucify_v beside_o which_o i_o will_v know_v nothing_o understand_v by_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n the_o person_n and_o by_o the_o word_n of_o crucify_a all_o that_o which_o he_o have_v do_v for_o we_o even_o unto_o that_o last_o cry_n of_o he_o which_o shake_v both_o the_o heaven_n and_o the_o earth_n say_v all_o be_v finish_v and_o thus_o much_o touch_v the_o doctrine_n as_o for_o the_o outward_a service_n himself_o speak_v to_o that_o woman_n of_o samaria_n which_o demand_v of_o he_o whether_o they_o shall_v worship_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o samaritan_n or_o of_o the_o jew_n confess_v indeed_o that_o for_o a_o time_n it_o be_v the_o temple_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o no_o other_o which_o god_n have_v choose_v there_o to_o be_v worship_v but_o say_v he_o the_o time_n be_v come_v that_o man_n shall_v worship_v neither_o in_o this_o mountain_n nor_o in_o 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