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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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8 But I pray you wherein do those pestilent harbours of Idols, which they call the books of the ignorant, resemble the hall of this banquet? Where instead of administering this precious liquor, mens ears are filled with howlings, and their harts impoisoned with errors, where under shadow of devotion & bearing men in hand that they are fed by an attorney, they devour widows houses, yea Kings Crowns and sceptres: where in lieu of the true Jesus Christ, they feed the world with a Jesus Christ of past, & for a full measure of all manner of sacrilege, they have utterly raked away one of the two sacraments of the holy supper. But if these be to be condemned, as sure they are, what shall become of them who come unto this banquet, otherwise well provided and administered, to their judgement and condemnation?
8 But I pray you wherein do those pestilent harbours of Idoles, which they cal the bookes of the ignorant, resemble the hall of this banquet? Where insteede of administring this precious liquor, mens eares are filled with howlings, and their harts impoisoned with errors, where vnder shadowe of deuotion & bearing men in hand that they are fedde by an attourney, they deuour widdowes houses, yea Kings Crownes and scepters: where in lieu of the true Iesus Christ, they feede the woorlde with a Iesus Christ of past, & for a full measure of all manner of sacrilege, they haue vtterly rakt away one of the two sacramentes of the holy supper. But if these be to be condemned, as sure they are, what shall become of thē who come vnto this banquet, otherwise well prouided and administred, to their iudgement and condemnation?
9 Moreover we may not lightly pass over that which the spouse addeth, namely that the banner or standard, or ensign of her bridegroom which is upon her, that is to say, under which she marcheth, is called dilection or good-will. For as in an army, the ensign is it, which distinguisheth every band and company under which every soldier is to march, so the love and good-will which Jesus Christ beareth us is that, which assembleth us together to compose this body which is called the Church: which linketh and keepeth us one to an other, which helpeth and aideth us in all the assaults and combats which we are to sustain. For what induced and persuaded this great God to make the world for man? Nothing but his good pleasure to make a creature, in which he would declare