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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
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The second point consisteth in this, that as all our prayers ought to be made in his name, that is to say, desiring to be heard for the love of him, in whom alone the father is well pleased, so doth he appear as our elder brother before his father, not after the manner of men, who fall on their knees when they desire any thing of an earthly Prince, and bring their supplication in their hands: but as it were representing of us in his own person, and sanctifying our prayers, for which cause he is called our Advocate: 1. John. 2.1. and Hebr. 7.25. And we must take diligent heed in this matter, how we measure his intercession such as it is now in the Heavens, having now after his victory a name which is above every name: Philip. 2.9. with all power in Heaven and in earth: Matth. 28.18. with that which we read of his prayers in the days of his infirmity. For then not only to show us an example, but also because to overcome ⟨p. 119⟩his enemies & ours, and not to yield under the burden of the pain due unto our sins, which were imputed unto him, as unto our pledge and surety, it behooved indeed that he should be borne up and sustained by the divine virtue and power, which though he had in himself in as much as he is God coeternal and coessential, he attributeth notwithstanding & demandeth it altogether of the person of the father, having respect unto the office of his Mediatorship, so as he is suppliant & that with tears, yea as it were altogether troubled and affrighted, both for himself: Joh. 12.27. Mat. 26.39. Heb. 5.7. and also for us, as it is in special showed us throughout the whole Chapter, Joh. 17. and elsewhere. But now that he hath led captivity captive: