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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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WE have spoken at large before of the regality of Jesus Christ, wherein we have showed & declared that he hath no companion. The like may be said of his estate Prophetical, which appertaineth unto him, not only in respect of the time that he spake in person, but in all times since the creation of the world. And this is it which Saint John writeth Joh. 1.18. namely, That none hath seen the father at any time, but the only son which is in the bosom of the father hath revealed him. It is he therefore to whom properly from all times this dignity appertaineth: & as for others which are called Prophets, Apostles, Pastors and Doctors, this is attributed unto them in as much as the son hath served himself with their ministry, and yet doth serve, and shall use them even unto the end of the world for his heralds and ambassadors: not for any need he ever had of them, as those who have a charge among men, cannot be every where, nor do or speak every thing in person: but to accommodate and apply himself to the infirmity and weakness of men, by teaching them by men limited notwithstanding with certain conditions. For first until Moses time the Patriarchs could not teach or set down any thing, besides that, which was revealed unto them by God, as we see it put in practise by Abraham a Prophet in his own family, Gen. 18.19. and 20.7. Besides that the doctrine received by the Patriarchs from God, was kept and continued, as appeareth not only by the priesthood of Melchizedek, Gen. 14.18. and 25.22. but also by this, that it was not yet utterly abolished among the Canaanites themselves, Gen. 20.3. Afterwards when it pleased God to rule and govern his people issued and descended from Abraham, Moses was chosen, not only to receive from God after an extraordinary manner, the whole rule and order of the church, but also to put it in writing, but in every point, according unto that which the Lord appearing unto him first in the mount, and afterward in the ⟨p. 128⟩tabernacle, commanded him to say, to do and to write, without adding thereto, or clipping therefrom, any thing at all, for which cause he was called A faithful servant in the house of God,