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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 22: THE XXII SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the s…
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THE XXII SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the second Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the 15.16. and 17. verses.
15 Take us these foxes & these young cubs, which destroy the vines, while our vines bud forth. 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his, he feedeth among the lilies. 17 Until the wind of that day come, and the shadows flee away: return my beloved and be like a young Roe or Hind-calf, upon the mountains of separation, the clefts of the mountains.
15 Take vs these foxes & these yong cubs, which destroie the vines, while our vines bud forth. 16 My beloued is mine, and I am his, hee feedeth among the lillies. 17 Vntil the wind of that day come, and the shadowes flee awaie: returne my beloued and bee like a young Roe or Hind-calfe, vpon the mountaines of separation, the cleftes of the mountaines.
1 The vineyard of the Bridegroom in danger to be wasted, by the foxes. 2 Examples of these wastes made, both in the Church of the Israelites, as also in that of the Christians. 3 Howe these become at the length Wolves and Lyons, destroying the flocks and finally not sparing themselves. 4 Examples of foxes broken in into the midst of the vineyard, begun to be husbanded in our time. 5 The hunting of these foxes properly and directly committed unto the Pastors of the Church. 6 Secondly to the faithful magistrates, without confounding notwithstanding the Ecclesiastical ministry with civill Jurisdiction. 7 This vineyard must continue always safe in the end, and the foxes must be taken. 8 How inestimable, and for ever assured, that treasure, of the Church is, which she saith to be hers. 9 This donation by reason of the marriage between the Bridegroom and the spouse is mutual and reciprocal. 10 The Church of the Israelites and the Church of the Christians are one and the same spouse of the same Bridegroom, and how we ought to understand the shadows of the ancient covenant.