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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
Sermon 19: THE NINETEENTH SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in…
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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, 1. Pet. 2.9. and hath raised her from the bottom of hell to the highest top of the heavens. Ye see then how most true it is which the spouse here speaketh preaching unto us the unspeakable speed and readiness the Bridegroom useth to awaken her, to guide and help her at her need.
8 And because that in the way he was to meete with that great & more then feareful bottomlesse pit of Gods most iust curse & malediction vpon vs, how hath hee wrought therein? O bounty of his, O loue, O charity infinite and incomprehensible! He hath charged vpon his backe this mountaine also of our sinnes and carried it euen vnto his crosse, he hath entred & waded through the gulfe of the malediction of that Iudge, so far as to cry: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee? Being dead, he hath pursued death evē vnto his own home, which is the graue, & finally passing as a victorious conqueror through all this: he is come running vnto this poore desolate spouse, & hath drawen her out of darckenesse into his most admirable light, 1. Pet. 2.9. and hath raised her from the bottom of hell to the highest toppe of the heauens. Yee see then how most true it is which the spouse here speaketh preaching vnto vs the vnspeakeable speede and readinesse the Bridegroome vseth to awaken her, to guide and help her at her neede.