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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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In the one the question is of the government here below which passeth no farther, in the other the case ⟨p. 400⟩is of the government of the conscience, reaching farther than this life. The one is temporal, the other is eternal: the one is sensual, the other is spiritual: and if there be any thing visibly and corporally administered, it is to lead us farther and beyond this world: the one is administered of God by the Magistrates whom he appointeth with power & authority to make laws and politic statutes according unto that natural equity which he giveth them: in the other which concerneth the dominion over souls, this authority is more high then that it may be communicated unto Angels themselves. This King therefore hath always been, is, and shall be he, who bindeth the souls and consciences, having reserved this only right unto himself: in so much that if an Angel from heaven should say, I will have this to be law to bind the conscience, we ought to have him in execration, as attributing unto himself the power of God alone, seeking to reign over his Son our mediator, Gal. 1.8.
In the one the question is of the gouernement heere belowe which passeth no farther, in the other the case ⟨p. 400⟩is of the gouernement of the conscience, reaching farther thē this life. The one is temporall, the other is eternall: the one is sensuall, the other is spirituall: and if there be any thing visiblie and corporally administred, it is to lead vs farther and beyond this worlde: the one is administred of God by the Magistrates whom he appointeth with power & authoritie to make lawes and politicke statutes according vnto that naturall equitie which he giueth them: in the other which concerneth the dominion ouer soules, this authoritie is more high then that it may bee communicated vnto Angels themselues. This King therefore hath alwaies beene, is, and shalbe hee, who bindeth the soules and consciences, hauing reserued this onely right vnto himselfe: in so much that if an Angel from heauen should say, I wil haue this to be law to bind the conscience, we ought to haue him in execration, as attributing vnto himselfe the power of God alone, seeking to raigne ouer his sonne our mediator,