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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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7 But leave we these soul-slayers & soul-robbers in their dens & deserts, & let us pray unto God to keep all passengers from them: & come we unto this spouse which mounteth up out of the ⟨p. 352⟩desert like unto a palm or date-tree, in such sort, that she maketh herself to be seen & appeareth above all the trees of the desert. Such a one was John Baptist, drawing all the inhabitants of the cities, yea of Jerusalem it self after him. And this is the nature of the palm, the more it is pressed down, the straighter and violenter it riseth and swayeth upward, Psa. 92.13. even so doth the virtue of the Lord declare it self more and more towards his church, then when she is in most weak and feeble estate, 2. Cor. 12.9. yea so far as that she becometh able to say, I can do all things in him which fortifieth me, Phil. 4.13. For whether doth not this true spouse raise herself by the virtue and strength of her Bridegroom? Her conversation is in heaven, Phil. 3.6. she is already seated in heavenly places, Ephes. 2.6. she is already transported into the kingdom of the well-beloved Son her Bridegroom, Coloss. 1.13. A great miracle of God in trueth, as the Apostle speaketh, Eph. 15.32. and therefore is the Bridegroom brought in here himself wondering at the excellency of his own workmanship as the Apostle calleth this spouse, 1. Cor. 3.9.
7 But leaue we these soule-slears & soule-robbers in their dennes & deserts, & let vs pray vnto God to keep al passengers frō thē: & come we vnto this spouse which mounteth vp out of the ⟨p. 352⟩desert like vnto a palme or date-tree, in such sort, that she maketh herselfe to be seen & appeareth aboue al the trees of the desert. Such a one was Iohn Baptist, drawing all the inhabitants of the citties, yea of Ierusalem it selfe after him. And this is the nature of the palm, the more it is pressed down, the straighter and violenter it riseth and swaieth vpward,