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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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unto this incorruptible inheritance, 1. Pet. 1.4. unto this kingdom which he hath prepared for us since the foundation of the world, Mat. 25.34. And who is then so wretched & unhappy as to desire to be still creeping here below, & who will not rather say with David, O how long & how tedious is this my abode unto me, with these inhabitants of Kedar and of Mesech? Psalm. 120.5. and with Saint Paul, I desire to be dissolved, and to be with Christ, Philip. 1.23. and, O miserable man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death? Rom. 7.24. Neither ought we to excuse our selves hereupon that we are deaf by nature, and cannot hear. For as he calleth us, so he presenteth us ears to hear: and bidding us to come unto him he offereth us feet, and commanding us to look on him, he giveth us eyes, Psal. 40.7. and 146.8. And this is the cause why he beginneth here, with so gracious and sweet words, my well-beloved, to show us that all, namely to will and to do, proceedeth from him, and whatsoever else he demandeth of us cometh from his mere and free good will towards us, who were his enemies. But as our first Parent then, when as yet he was not corrupted but most sound and entire in that nature, which he received from his Creator, did voluntarily deprive and spoil himself of that light he had of understanding and uprightness of will, so his posterity for the most part, through natural wickedness which is now in them, refuseth, both the Physician who offereth himself and the physic.
vnto this incorruptible inheritance, 1. Pet. 1.4. vnto this kingdome which he hath prepared for vs since the foundation of the worlde, Mat. 25.34. And who is then so wretched & vnhappy as to desire to be stil creeping here below, & who wil not rather say with Dauid, O how long & how tedious is this my abode vnto me, with these inhabitantes of Kedar and of Mesech?