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

Certes again to the cabins of the shepherds and pastors, the Church having none other true and certain light, then this written word, whereunto we are sent back, not only by the express commandment of the Lord, as we have before said, but also by his own example who thus refuted and beat back again the allegation of Satan, Mat. 4.7. as the weapons of the Apostles also were such, and that against them, who sate in the See of Jerusalem, Act. 4.7. so far were they from aiding & defending themselves with any unwritten tradition, or with any authority attributed unto the See of Jerusalem, seeing that was transformed into a den of thieves, Mat. 21.13. The like did the Jews of Beroea, & found themselves in good case thereby, Act. 17.11. the consent notwithstanding & testimony of the true Church being not to be rejected but greatly to be esteemed of & regarded, which again ought to be discerned from the false, by the consent of their testimony with the Scriptures. And this is it which all the ancient fathers & lights of the old Church, have declared & protested must necessarily be done in the reading of their writings.

Certes againe to the cabbins of the sheepeheards and pastors, the Church hauing none other true and certaine light, then this written woorde, whereunto we are sent backe, not onely by the expresse commaundement of the Lord, as we haue before saide, but also by his own example who thus refuted and beat back againe the allegation of Sathan, Mat. 4.7. as the weapons of the Apostles also were such, and that against them, who sate in the See of Ierusalem, Act. 4.7. so far were they from aiding & defending themselues with any vnwritten tradition, or with any authoritie attributed vnto the See of Ierusalem, seeing that was transformed into a denne of theeues, Mat. 21.13. The like did the Iewes of Beroea, & found thēselues in good case thereby,