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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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I mean if so be they bring with them a docible and teachable mind, and a desire to be taught in all humility, according unto that which is said of the written word of God, Ps. 119.8. & Esa. 55.1. And thus you see how following the example of the true Spouse, that is, searching Jesus Christ in his own home, we shall find him, & never be deceived.
I mean if so be they bring with them a docible and teacheable mind, and a desire to bee taught in all humility, according vnto that which is said of the writtē word of God, Ps. 119.8. & Esa. 55.1. And thus you see how folowing the exāple of the true Spouse, that is, searching Iesus Christ in his owne home, we shal find him, & neuer be deceiued.
4 But what is it to find him if a man seize not on him? And what is it to seize on him if a man hold him not fast to enjoy him? Verily no more to purpose, then if a man should find good meat, and not touch it: or put it in his mouth, and not swallow it: or swallow it, and not digest it. And alas how many such guests are there in the world? For to let pass those who vouchsafe not to come unto this banquet, and those also who not only enter not them selves into it but hinder also others from entering in and that by all manner not only craftiness but violence also: letting I say, these go who are without, let us speak of them who enter in, who see & hear him who is both the banquet, and the banquet maker, I mean our Lord Jesus Christ, & yet notwithstanding do neither sit down, nor vouchsafe to eat, nay not so much as to open their mouths to chew the morsels already cut & provided for them? How many contemners & mockers are there? How many that swallow the meat down but are fed never a whit with it, & therefore grow nothing at all in this inward man, showing by the course of their whole life, that they as yet have not any sense or feeling of the spirit of him, in whom all true Christians do live, as he also