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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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3 Now then this banquet whereof mention is here made is kept in earth. And know you where? wheresoever, saith the Lord, there shall be two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them, Mat. 18.20. Without seeking therefore of the place any further, I say that it is here, it is here I say in this place that this banquet is kept, here is this holy table set, here the Bridegroom entertaineth his spouse, in the presence of all his Angels, as also in all other places and assemblies of the whole world, where his truth is purely preached, and his name, as it ought to be, called upon.
3 Now then this banquet whereof mention is heer made is kept in earth. And know you where? whersoeuer, saith the Lord, there shal be two or three gathered togither in my name, there am I in the midst of them, Mat. 18.20. Without seeking therefore of the place any farder, I say that it is here, it is here I say in this place that this banquet is kept, heere is this holy table set, heere the Bridegroome entertaineth his spouse, in the presence of all his Angels, as also in all other places and assemblies of the whole world, where his truth is purely preached, and his name, as it ought to be, called vpon.
4 And with what messes of meat are we here served? I dare tell you boldly, with him himself, who is the true bread of life which descended from heaven, and that true flesh, and that true blood whence we must draw everlasting life, Joh. 6.50. a meat which is not eaten with bodily teeth, but with the mouth of faith: a meat not swallowed down so to be corrupted, but received to make us incorruptible: a meat provided once for all, and sacrificed on the cross and not by the hands or ministry of men, though we be dispensers of the holy mysteries and stewards as it were in this banquet: a meat served not in dishes of gold or silver, but in vessels spiritually appointed to this effect, namely first in the preaching of the word of god, which for this cause is often called by the name it self of spiritual food, not that it is so to speak properly, but because the true food Jesus christ is therein comprised and contained: secondly in the administration of the 2. sacraments, namely of Baptism called for the same cause as above the washing of new birth, and of the holy Supper, in which by the same form of speech, the name of the body of Jesus Christ is sacramentally given unto the bread, and the name of blood unto the wine.