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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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2 And what shall I say touching this point, but that it seemeth in a manner, that there is no longer any Church in the world? For even in our time, in which it hath pleased God not only to set up the hall of this banquet, but also to lead us in thither & to offer us this very same meat, & this very same drink, after the most requisite sort of provision that possibly may be made: where are those, who instead of apprehending so exceeding a bounty as to be therewith ravished, vouchsafe so much as to sit down at table? Or being sitten down, to eat and relish and to digest this meat with an eager stomach & hungry appetite? Nay rather on the contrary side, do we not as did the children of Israel, who fell some to loathing the Manna, which they could not at the first sufficiently praise & commend? The Lord therefore of his mercy sharpen our appetite, & correct our taste, & make us this true spouse, of whom it is here spoken.
2 And what shall I say touching this point, but that it seemeth in a manner, that there is no longer any Church in the world? For euen in our time, in which it hath pleased God not onely to set vp the hall of this banquet, but also to leade vs in thither & to offer vs this very same meat, & this very same drink, after the most requisite sort of prouision that possibly may bee made: where are those, who insteede of apprehending so exceeding a bountie as to be therewith rauished, voutsafe so much as to sit downe at table? Or being sitten downe, to eate and relish and to digest this meate with an eager stomacke & hungrie appetite? Nay rather on the contrary side, doe we not as did the children of Israell, who fell some to loathing the Manna, which they could not at the first sufficiently praise & commend? The Lorde therefore of his mercy sharpen our appetite, & correct our tast, & make vs this true spouse, of whom it is here spoken.
3 Let us note farther that it is not spoken here of all wine, but of the wine of those vessels saith the spouse. For there is a mingled wine, such as the Pharisees gave the people to drink. There is also a vinegar-wine, a dead and turned-wine, yea a poisoned wine, as is that with which the great whore of Rome hath poisoned the kings & nations,