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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 27: THE XXVII SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the…
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9 The covering of this Coach, saith the spouse, was made of purple by this King Solomon, which showeth unto us the proceeding & power of God, covering from his heaven & azured throne his poor children, exposed otherwise unto all injuries of weather, storms and tempests. And this is a lesson infinite many times repeated & reiterated in the Scripture: & namely, Ps. 91.1. where it is said, that, who so dwelleth in the secret of the most high, shall abide under the shadow of the almighty. And Psal. 34.15. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, & his ears are attentive unto their cry. And Psal. 121.4. The guard and watch-man of Israel will never slumber nor sleep. The sun shall not burn thee by day, nor the moon by night. Which thing the children of Israel did visibly experience, being defended by day by the cloud in the scorching desert, & by night by the pillar of fire. And Psal. 125.1. He that trusteth in the Lord, standeth fast and is for ever assured, as the mount Zion, which shaketh not. In a word the whole Scripture is full of such sentences. And besides the Scriptures we have thereof continual experience, seeing that even those whom a man would take to be utterly forsaken are the first & the best provided for & assured. But this covering is not seen but with the eyes of faith, as it is said of Moses, that he saw him which was invisible, He. 11.27. Albeit these visible heavens might serve us thereunto, sith their continued stability & so well ordered course are as it were engraved testimonies, of the infinite might & unspeakable assurance of the lord, as it is said, Ps. 19.1. & 119.89.
9 The couering of this Coch, saith the spouse, was made of purple by this King Salomon, which sheweth vnto vs the proceeding & power of God, couering from his heauen & azured throne his poore children, exposed otherwise vnto al iniuries of weather, stormes and tempestes. And this is a lesson infinite manie times repeated & reiterated in the Scripture: & namely,