Master Bezaes sermons upon the three chapters of the canticle of canticlesMaster Bezaes sermons vpon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles

11 We must therefore come to the true Jesus Christ and to the true Christianism, according to that of Jesus Christ, That this is eternal and everlasting life, to know the father to be this true god, & him whom he hath sent Jesus christ himself, Joh. 17.3. who therefore crieth, Ma. 11.28.29. That it is he in whom we shall find rest, it is he which easeth & refresheth us of our travels & heavy burdens, for ⟨p. 109⟩which cause he is called The Prince of peace, Isaiah 9.6. because our peace is upon him, Isaiah. 53.5. which now remaineth to be seen and declared more particularly. I say then that the conscience can never be surely & safely appeased, until first, all that which troubleth it be put forth, & contrariwise all that which may assure and settle it, found to be in it. All that which troubleth it, is called in one word Sin, putting a division & separation, between God & man, Isaiah. 59.2. and what is sin? Saint John answereth, that it is all that which is contrary to the law or the will of god declared in his word, 1. Joh. 3.4. which may and must be referred unto three points: the first comprehendeth all our thoughts, words and actions disagreeing never so little from the will of god, that is to say, which agree not with the entire and perfect reverence and duty which we owe unto our God and to our neighbours: the second point consisteth in the root from whence all these stinking & infected fruits do proceed, I mean all that pollution & most stinking filthiness of man both within & without: by reason whereof it is said, that we are by nature the children of wrath: Eph. 2.3. that we are carrions dead in our sins: Ephes. 2.1. and 5. that we cannot so much as think of those things which are of God, 2. Cor. 3.5. that the wisdom of the flesh is enmity against God,