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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
13 And this is cause why the spouse addeth for other marks of the spring-time, that the fig-tree hath yielded forth her young figs, & that the vines are shooting out their young grapes, to show us that in the Church of God grace is given us, not only to will which is as it were the flower, but also to do, which is the fruit, to wit, the effect of our will, Philip. 2.13. Eph. 2.2.
13 And this is cause why the spouse addeth for other marks of the spring-time, that the figg-tree hath yeelded foorth her yong figges, & that the vines are shooting out their young grapes, to shew vs that in the Church of God grace is giuen vs, not onelie to will which is as it were the flower, but also to do, which is the fruit, to wit, the effect of our will, Philip. 2.13. Eph. 2.2.
14 And let us note that he speaketh of two kinds of fruit, the most delicate that be, to show us the difference, which is ⟨p. 269⟩between the appearances of virtues, ordinarily called Moral virtues, (such as they are) which a man may meet withal in them who are not regenerate, in whom god doth in some sort repress that natural wickedness which is in all, whose works notwithstanding, are without either taste or savour, (according unto that which is said, that whatsoever is without faith is sin, Rom. 14.23. and that without Jesus Christ there is nothing which can please God unto salvation) and the works of the children of God governed by the spirit of regeneration