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

But let us leave these preachers of wood and of stone, dead and dumb as they be, which themselves will have called the preachers of Idiots: and let us come unto him whom they pretend to be personally and really this very king, as big and as great as he was hanging on the Cross. And what doth he say? Doth he teach? Doth he exhort? Doth he reprove? Less a great deal then the other, which seemeth to be that which he is not, where as this nether is, nor seemeth to be he, & in deed if we believe them themselves who make him, and who are so shameless in their writings as to call themselves the creators of their Creator, he is not there to preach but to be sacrificed & offered, not without exceeding mockery, because that he which offereth him doth eat him, and drink him, leaving nothing at all unto him, unto whom he saith that he doth indeed and really offer him. ⟨p. 398⟩And yet this is the main ground, chief point and sum of their divine service, and this is their own language to lift up God in respect of the actor, the priest: and to see God in respect of the looker on the people, or at least to speak more pertinently which they say, to lift up Jesus Christ and to see Jesus Christ. But they must show that which they do both in words and in deed

But let vs leaue these preachers of wood and of stone, dead and dumbe as they be, which themselues will haue called the preachers of Idiots: and let vs come vnto him whom they pretend to be personally and really this very king, as bigge and as great as he was hanging on the Crosse. And what doth he say? Doth he teach? Doth he exhort? Doth hee reprooue? Lesse a great deale then the other, which seemeth to be that which he is not, where as this nether is, nor seemeth to be he, & in deed if we beleeue them themselues who make him, and who are so shameles in their writinges as to call themselues the creators of their Creator, hee is not there to preach but to be sacrificed & offered, not without exceeding mockery, because that he which offereth him doth eate him, and drinke him, leauing nothing at al vnto him, vnto whom hee saith that hee doth indeede and really offer him. ⟨p. 398⟩And yet this is the maine grounde, chiefe point and summe of their diuine seruice, and this is their owne language to lift vp God in respect of the actor, the priest: and to see God in respect of the looker on the people, or at least to speake more pertinently which they say, to lift vp Iesus Christ and to see Iesus Christ. But they must shewe that which they doe both in wordes and in deede