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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 EIGHTH 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 seventh verse.
THE EIGHTH 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 seuenth verse.
7 O thou whom my soul loveth, show me where thou feedest and causest (thy flock) to rest at noon.
7 O thou whom my soule loueth, shewe me where thou feedest and causest (thy flocke) to rest at noone.
1 Whence the reformation of the church is to be drawn: and the faults which have been, and yet are committed in this behalf. 2 This reformation proceeding from the sole and only grace of God, ought to be sought after and desired with a singular and upright affection. 3 The Bridegroom compared to a shepherd, & the Bride or spouse to a flock. 4 The sheep which are scared must seek after the flock. 5 Where there is rest to be found amidst the most violent tempests. 6 A great fault of them who get them forth out of the place of rest, to cast themselves into the sea. 7 This repose & rest is not found, but in the company which is fed by him, who is the true shepherd in name & in deed. 8 The marks of false shepherds & flocks which a man must take heed of. 9 The Philosophers have in vain sought after repose and tranquillity in their Philosophy. 10 There is a false Christianism, & a false Jesus Christ. 11 Who is the true Jesus Christ, & how we find in him alone, true repose & rest in our souls. 12 What the parching of noon is, which is here mentioned.