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

Now that the like should come to pass in the christian Church, and especially in that o• Rome, the Apostles have most clearly foretold us, namely saint Paul, Act. 20.30. 1. Tim. 4.2. & 2. Thess. 2.4. & S. John in the Apocalypse. according unto the exposition of the greek and latin authors. Who can doubt therefore, but the same being come to pass in our time in the West and East Christendom as it is apparent unto the eye unto such as are not altogether blind, we ought to come forth out of that Zion polluted and transformed into Babylon, & follow the example of the Levites under Jeroboam, 2. Chr. 11.13. and the saying of the Lord, Mat. 15.14. & the practise of the Apostle, Act. 19.9. So have we done in our time, & so do, & will do always in such a case all the true children of God, withdrawing themselves from this West Babylon that they perish not with it, but know and contemplate this king crowned, to join themselves unto him, leaving the crest of her which is seated upon the seven mountains, until God in his time send her into the lake of fire and brimstone, Apoc. 20.10. In a word, because ⟨p. 391⟩it is a thing unpossible to serve Jesus Christ and Baal, and there is no communion between light and darkness, 2. Cor. 6.14. we must abandon & forsake the kingdom of darkness if we will see unto salvation this king of light.

Now that the like should come to passe in the christiā Church, and especially in that o• Rome, the Apostles haue most clearely foretolde vs, namely saint Paul,