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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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9 But yet there ariseth one, nay two difficulties more upon this matter. For first if this Bridegroom be found no where but in his Church, and this Church is our mother, how can it be that this spouse found him without? For how may it be said that she brought him in into this house, if he were there already and that she found him there? The answer is, that it is true indeed, that this Bridegroom dwelleth, that is to say, declareth his virtue and healthful power in this house. But it followeth not thereupon that he goeth not forth, as I may say, until he find his children even in the bosom of this back-sliding whore (as in our time he hath fetched them and yet fetcheth them every day, out of these sinks of monasteries) to bring them into his house. So he went out of Jerusalem, and sent into the East and West to call us, to make us to draw near unto him, us, I say, which were poor Gentiles and nothing less then his people, to bring us into his admirable light, Ephes. 12.12. And thus you see how this spouse found her Bridegroom abroad, from whom she was, as we have most amply declared before, strayed aside and wandered.
9 But yet there ariseth one, naie two difficulties more vpon this matter. For first if this Bridegrome be found no where but in his Church, and this Church is our mother, how can it be that this spouse found him without? For how may it bee saide that she brought him in into this house, if he were ther already and that she found him there? The answere is, that it is true indeed, that this Bridegroome dwelleth, that is to say, declareth his vertue and healthful power in this house. But it followeth not thereupon that he goeth not foorth, as I may say, vntil hee find his children euen in the bosom of this back-sliding whore (as in our time he hath fetched them and yet fetcheth them euery day, out of these sinckes of monasteries) to bring them into his house. So hee went out of Ierusalem, and sent into the East and West to cal vs, to make vs to draw near vnto him, vs, I saie, which were poore Gentiles and nothing lesse then his people, to bring vs into his admirable light, Ephes. 12.12. And thus you see how this spouse found her Bridegroome abroad, from whom she was, as we haue most amply declared before, straied aside and wandered.