Master Bezaes sermons upon the three chapters of the canticle of canticlesMaster Bezaes sermons vpon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles

Go to, arise my people, enter into thy secret chambers (that is the captivity of Babylon) & shut the door upon thee, & hide thy self as it were for a small moment, until the indignation pass, Isaiah. 26.20. and 1. Pet. 2.24. nay which more is, where sin aboundeth, there doth his grace in the fullness of times overflow and superabound. And in our time, and in respect of us, what hath he done, and what doth he yet every day, every hour, every moment, but hast and run unto us, notwithstanding all these mighty rocks and mountains?

Goe to, arise my people, enter into thy secret chambers (that is the captiuity of Babylon) & shut the doore vpon thee, & hide thy selfe as it were for a small moment, vntill the indignation passe, Esay. 26.20. and 1. Pet. 2.24. nay which more is, where sinne aboundeth, there doth his grace in the fulnesse of times ouerflowe and superabound. And in our time, and in respect of vs, what hath he doone, and what doth he yet euery day, euery houre, euery moment, but hast and run vnto vs, notwitstanding al these mighty rockes and mountains?

8 And because that in the way he was to meet with that great & more then fearful bottomless pit of Gods most just curse & malediction upon us, how hath he wrought therein? O bounty of his, O love, O charity infinite and incomprehensible! He hath charged upon his back this mountain also of our sins and carried it even unto his cross, he hath entered & waded through the gulf of the malediction of that Judge, so far as to cry: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Being dead, he hath pursued death even unto his own home, which is the grave, & finally passing as a victorious conqueror through all this: he is come running unto this poor desolate spouse, & hath drawn her out of darkness into his most admirable light,