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

4 But what? Beginning with Jesus Christ himself the ⟨p. 280⟩Bridegroom which is here spoken of, was he not himself from the time of his nativity driven as it were out of the world? For in what place was he born in? In a stable, the lodging of beasts, for there was no other room for his mother, Luk. 2.17. from thence must he not fly into the deserts of Egypt? Math. 2.14. Where was he brought up and nourished? In a poor Carpenters house, Mar. 6.3. in the city of Nazareth built also upon a rock, Luk. 4.29. a city of so small reckoning and account, that it is demanded whether any good thing can come from thence, Joh. 1.4. driven thence whither must he retire himself? Unto the rock of Capernaum, Luk. 4.31. and 10.15. not having a place where to rest his head, Luk. 9.58. finally whither was he carried to be crucified? Unto the mount of sculls, otherwise called Calvary. And where was he laid after his death? In a cave hewen out of a rock, Luk. 23.53. Thus you see how the Bridegroom himself, during the time of his life here below did nothing else, but fly as a man would say from rock to rock, until he were flown again into heaven. This is also the way which all the Apostles have walked, and the whole Church truly Apostolic, being in this world as wayfarers and wanderers hither and thither, 2. Cor. 6.5. and Heb. 11.38. the same being foretold, even unto the last time,