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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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10 The spouse therefore speaking unto these, proposeth unto them first an allegorical description of the magnificent bed ⟨p. 354⟩of this king, which is as it were the Bride-bed prepared for this king and this queen which here speaketh. By this bed therefore we will understand generally & first of all the whole country of Canaan where it then pleased God to make as it were his residence and abode, having as it were abandoned and given over the rest of the world for a time unto perdition & destruction, Act. 14.16. and particularly we will here understand, the temple, the city of Jerusalem, the synagogues, cities & towns of the whole territory & country, yea every one of the faithful, inasmuch as the Lord dwelleth in them by his spirit: on the other side, by Solomon is meant, not only this name, which is as much to say as peaceable, but also the promise made unto David of this son an eternal successor, couched in such terms that it comprehendeth all in one, both the figure which is this son of David: as also the trueth and reality figured by him, which is Jesus Christ, 2. Sam. 7.13. & 1. Chron. 17.12. Solomon therefore in this place representeth unto us this Bridegroom, the true and only peace-maker between god & his beloved as he is expressly called the prince of peace, Esa. 9.6. & his bed at this day is the whole universal world wheresoever he is known & acknowledged of the elect gathered out of the four corners of world, as the same was declared unto S. Pet. by that sheet which descended from heaven and was tied at the four ends, Act. 10.11.
10 The spouse therefore speaking vnto these, proposeth vnto them first an allegorical description of the magnificent bed ⟨p. 354⟩of this king, which is as it were the Bride-bed prepared for this king and this queene which here speaketh. By this bed therefore we wil vnderstand generally & first of al the whole countrie of Chanaan where it then pleased God to make as it were his residence and abode, hauing as it were abandoned and giuen ouer the rest of the woorlde for a time vnto perdition & destruction,