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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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6 I seized or laid hold on him. And with what arm? Verily with that of faith, for this is the only vessel to receive him in, this is the only hand to take hold of him, Rom. 9.30. But this faith must be firm & steadfast to hold him without letting of him go, otherwise this is not that true faith which is the gift of god, properly belonging unto the elect & irrevocable, Rom. 12.29. but an opinion which vanisheth away, with the first wind that bloweth: which maketh us in some sort to taste the good gift of god, not to swallow it down & digest it, Heb. 6.5. Mat. 13.21.
6 I seazed or laid hold on him. And with what arm? Verily with that of faith, for this is the only vessell to receiue him in, this is the onely hande to take hold of him, Rom. 9.30. But this faith must be firme & stedfast to holde him without letting of him goe, otherwise this is not that true faith which is the gift of god, properly belonging vnto the elect & irreuocable, Rom. 12.29. but an opinion which vanisheth away, with the first wind that bloweth: which maketh vs in some sort to tast the good gift of god, not to swallow it down & digest it, Heb. 6.5. Mat. 13.21.
7 And how is this faith and by it Jesus Christ continued & maintained in us? The spouse declareth us in one word when she saith, that she brought this Bridegroom into the house, nay into the secret chamber of her mother which conceived her. Now to understand this matter the better, we must note that the Church is diversly considered: sometimes as being joined & united together & making one mystical body with her head: so that sometimes it is called Jesus christ himself altogether whole & entire,