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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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9 The spouse hereupon instead of standing on those praises which are attributed unto her, describeth unto us the estate & effects of him in the government of his, first under the similitude of a bed, afterward of a coach, turning her speech unto the daughters of Jerusalem as it is set down in the last verse of this chapter, that is to say, unto the nation which God had chosen to have a part in his covenant, who had yet good need to be b•tter instructed in the knowledge of the trueth, amiddest the corruptions, from which the church is never so freed, but there hath been still some defect or other on the behalf of many, as the histories & writings of the Prophets do testify & declare the same: besides, that how ever it be, to be a true member of the church it sufficeth not when a man is come unto age, to be born in the church, but he must be instructed & there learn & give himself wholly to the doctrine of truth which is there preached.
9 The spouse hereupon insteed of standing on those praises which are attributed vnto her, describeth vnto vs the estate & effects of him in the gouernment of his, first vnder the similitude of a bedde, afterward of a coch, turning her speech vnto the daughters of Ierusalem as it is set downe in the last verse of this chapter, that is to say, vnto the nation which God had chosen to haue a part in his couenant, who had yet good neede to bee b•tter instructed in the knowledge of the trueth, amiddest the corruptions, from which the church is neuer so freed, but there hath beene stil some defect or other on the behalfe of many, as the histories & writings of the Prophets doe testifie & declare the same: besides, that how euer it be, to be a true mēber of the church it sufficeth not when a mā is come vnto age, to be born in the church, but he must be instructed & there learn & giue himself wholy to the doctrin of truth which is there preached.
10 The spouse therefore speaking unto these, proposeth unto them first an allegorical description of the magnificent bed ⟨p. 354⟩