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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 29: THE XXIX SERMON. Our help be in the name of God &c. It is written as followeth in the t…
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4 Now to come unto the third point, namely the better to understand of whom, and how this spouse speaketh, we must especially weigh & consider her words. Come forth saith she. And how so? For if Zion be the habitation of the Church, why should a man come forth of it to behold the King who notwithstanding hath there chosen himself his habitation? Psal. 87.2. & 132.15. I answer that this serveth not but for a sharper condemnation, to be corporally in Zion, if our affection be not there also, and that to have our affection there is to go forth of our selves, to say with the Apostle Gal. 2.20. I live, howbeit no longer I, but Christ liveth in me.
4 Now to come vnto the third point, namely the better to vnderstand of whom, and how this spouse speaketh, we must especially waigh & consider her wordes. Come forth saith she. And how so? For if Syon be the habitation of the Church, why should a man come forth of it to behold the King who notwithstanding hath there chosen himselfe his habitation? Psal. 87.2. & 132.15. I answere that this serueth not but for a sharper condemnation, to be corporally in Syon, if our affection be not there also, and that to haue our affection there is to goe forth of our selues, to say with the Apostle Gal. 2.20. I liue, howbeit no longer I, but Christ liueth in me.
5 Moreover when as Jerusalem it self is for the most part polluted and defiled, & the king is in this respect driven forth and chased thence, a man must go forth if he will contemplate him, as in deed this King went forth, and hath ransomed and redeemed us, being crucified without the terrestrial Jerusalem, where we must also go forth after him, as the Apostle warneth us,