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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 26: THE XXVI SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the t…
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THE XXVI SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the third Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles, the 5.6.7. and 8. verses.
5 I charge you ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the Roes & by the Hinds of the field, if you wake, waken not my Love until he please. 6 Who is she that mounteth up out of the desert like palms of smoke, perfumed with myrrh & incense, & with every sort of perfume? ⟨p. 345⟩7 Behold his bed which is Solomons, about the which are threescore valiant men, of the prows of Israel. 8 They all handle the sword & are expert in war, every one having his sword upon his thigh, for the frights by night.
5 I charge you ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes & by the Hinds of the field, if you wake, waken not my Loue vntil he please. 6 Who is shee that mounteth vp out of the desert like palmes of smoke, perfumed with mirrh & incēse, & with euery sort of perfume? ⟨p. 345⟩7 Behold his bed which is Salomons, about the which are threescore valiaunt men, of the prowes of Israel. 8 They all handle the sword & are expert in warre, euery one hauing his sworde vpon his thigh, for the frights by night.
1 The spouse is so authorized by her Bridegroom, that none ever set on her who had not the worst. 2 This authority pertaineth nothing at all unto the false Church. 3 Wherefore this spouse is compared unto a cloud, resembling an high and a strait pillar. 4 What the desert or wilderness is from which this pillar cometh. 5 We must come forth out of this desert & not fall out of one desert into another. 6 The deserts of the ancient monks compared with the palaces of these goodly fathers, and false religions of our time. 7 Wherefore the spouse is compared unto a palm or date tree. 8 What the excellent perfumes of this spouse are, and whence they come. 9 The spouse instead of resting on the praises which are attributed unto her, how true soever they be, employeth her self the rather to praise the Bridegroom & to make him known unto every one. 10 What this bed was of Solomon the figure of this true Solomon who is full of peace. 11 Howe safe this bed is where the true repose and rest is found. 14 Wherefore Solomon speaketh here of threescore men of guard about his bed. 13 Who are the true guard and defenders of the salvation of the faithful, especially against all invisible enemies. 14 A conclusion touching the use of this doctrine.