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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
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.
THE SIXTH SERMON. Our help be in the name of God, &c. It is written as followeth in the first Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the fourth and fifth verses.
THE SIXTH SERMON. Our helpe be in the name of God, &c. It is written as followeth in the first Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the fourth and fifth verses.
4 The upright love thee. 5 I am black but comely ye daughters of Jerusalem (I am) such as the tabernacles of Kedar, & the pavilions of Solomon.
4 The vpright loue thee. 5 I am black but comely ye daughters of Ierusalē (I am) such as the tabernacles of Kedar, & the pauillions of Salomon.
1 A summary rehearsal of the sermons going before, and wherefore the spouse changeth her speech, casting her eyes upon the company which followed her. 2 The small number is on the Churches side. 3 Every small number or great number is not the Church, but that of the upright. 4 True uprightness and the love of god are things inseparably linked together. 5 This spouse is accompanied with three sorts of maidens, whereof some of them are indeed her companions, others her enemies, others are as it were betwixt both. 6 Why these here are called daughters of Jerusalem, and the mean to bring them to their true mother. 7 In what sense this spouse faith, that ⟨p. 72⟩she is black, that she is of that comely hew which is contrary to the tanned and parched colour. 8 The inward beauty of the spouse is never taken from her, but she may well be spoiled of her outward ornaments for a time, when it pleaseth her Bridegroom. 9 Examples of this poor estate of the spouse in the ancient Church. 10 Examples of the same in the Christian Church. 11 This spouse is sometimes so disfigured, that she is not known of men. 12 But yet she is always fair and shining before God, and such as are of a clear sight. 13 That this doctrine is of all others most necessary in this our time.