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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 ELEVENTH 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 ninth verse.
THE ELEVENTH 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 ninth verse.
9 My Love, I compare thee unto my couple of horses of one of the coaches of Pharaoh.
9 My Loue, I compare thee vnto my couple of horses of one of the coches of Pharao.
1 The happy estate of the Church reestablished, opposed to her desolation, for which reestablishment every one ought to labour. 2 In whom the fault lieth that the Church is not reformed. 3 The mask of false general councils discovered. 4 The duty of true Pastors and christian princes touching these delays: with an answer unto the slanders raised against those who have sought to discharge their duty in this behalf. 5 A summary recital of the great defects committed in our time in this point of reformation. 6 The ground of this similitude, taken from a couple of horses of one of the coaches of Pharaoh. 7 How dear and precious this word of Love ought to be unto the spouse. 8 In what sense this spouse is compared to a couple of goodly great horses in a coach. 9 The cross is properly the triumphal chariot, which is here spoken of. 10 The Gospel is then despised when men enjoy it with greatest freedom. 11 An exhortation to do the contrary. 12 Why the spouse is not compared to one horse, but to a couple. 13 The false joint-couple opposed to this of the spouse. 14 A reprehension of wild and dissolute livers, who cannot endure the check being coupled and yoked under the yoke of the Lord.