Master Bezaes sermons upon the three chapters of the canticle of canticlesMaster Bezaes sermons vpon the three chapters of the canticle of canticles

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, Heb. 13.12. So this is then an other reason why we should go forth, whereof the spouse in this place speaketh, and this pollution is showed us by many examples. Pilate was within Jerusalem as was also Herod, and yet so far were they from knowing of Jesus Christ though he were before their eyes together with the justice of his cause, that contrariwise the one condemned him against his own conscience, the other sent him away with ignominy. Yea the very troupes and companies who the day of his entrance cried so loud, Hosanna, ceased not to cry the friday following, away with him▪ away with him, crucify him. It is not therefore without cause, that it is said unto the daughters of Zion that they must come forth to contemplate this King crowned. And we have at this day more need then ever of this advertisement, the same belonging properly unto us which ⟨p. 390⟩was said unto this spouse her self Psal. 45.11. who now teacheth her daughters the same lesson, Forget thy people and thy fathers house, as we are also bidden to do: Luk. 14.26. And in what state was Zion then when Babylon had planted her banners in the very middest of Zion, as it happened to the people, when Bethel was turned into Bethaven, that is to say, the house of God into the house of iniquity, according unto that which was foretold by David Psal. 118.22. by Isaiah. 28. by Jerem. 14.14. by Ezekiel in his whole 13. Chapter, by Jesus Christ the master,