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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 23: THE XXIII SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the…
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not that the Lord is not without all comparison more ready to hear then we are to pray, seeing it is he who formeth in us the desire of praying, and who teacheth us how we ought to pray, Rom. 8.26. and it is he who must open our lips that they may show forth his praise, Psal. 51.17. But it is expedient and profitable for us to be so delayed, because we are wont to make light of that which we come lightly by: in a word how ever it be, it is he who hath the times and seasons in his hand, Act. 1.7.
not that the Lord is not without al comparisō more ready to heare then we are to pray, seeing it is hee who formeth in vs the desire of praying, and who teacheth vs how we ought to pray, Rom. 8.26. and it is he who must open our lippes that they maie shew forth his praise, Psal. 51.17. But it is expedient and profitable for vs to be so delaied, because we are wont to make light of that which we come lightly by: in a woord how euer it bee, it is hee who hath the times and seasons in his hand, Act. 1.7.
4 But here the spouse seeketh after him whom she ought to seek, & faileth not in any thing save this, that she seeketh him of error there where he is not: and where is that? In her bed. And yet who gave her this bed, and who laid her there? Her Bridegroom, having so expressly invited her, and so amiably and kindly entertained her, as we have seen in the chapter going before, and especially in the tenth verse, and in the verses following. What is the reason then, why he could not be found, as if he had parted clean away? Because the spouse falling asleep, made more of the gift, then of the giver, that is to say, gave herself so far over unto this rest and ease, that she continued to be heavy and drowsy still. So cometh it to pass in all other temporal and spiritual blessings, when we stay and settle our harts and minds wholly upon them. Life it self is an especial gift and blessing of God, in whom we are, we move, and we live.