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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 THIRTEENTH 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 10. and 11. verses.
THE THIRTEENTH 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 10. and 11. verses.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with borders of stones, and thy neck with chains. 11 We will make thee borders of gold, with buttons of silver.
10 Thy cheeks are comely with borders of stones, and thy necke with chaines. 11 We wil make thee borders of gold, with buttons of siluer.
1 The friendly caresses and loving entertainment of the bridegroom receiving his spouse, that is to say his Church, which was for a time in some sort strayed from him. 2 We must make a distinction between the fiansailes, the spowsailes, and full consummation of this spiritual marriage. 3 The borders of jewels and chains of this spouse serve little for defence & patronage of women's excess & dissolution in apparel, defiling thereby the christian church, with answer to the contrary objections. 4 The rule and measure which ought to be observed in the cost and bravery of apparel. 5 Application of this doctrine to the Church of Geneva and others, aswell to men as to women. 6 What the borders of stones & other jewels are, which are given to this spouse, by her Bridegroom. 7 A complaint both touching the defect as also the abuse of these nuptial ornaments which God hath at this day bestowed upon his Church. 8 In what sense express mention is made of the cheeks & of the neck of the spouse. 9 The spouse doth yet look for more precious jewels in the day of the full consummation of this marriage. 10 Wherefore the Bridegroom speaketh of himself in the plural number.