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

9 Thus you see my brethren, what the Jesus Christ of this false Church is, from which the mercy of God hath withdrawn us, to know and to serve the true & only Jesus Christ, true God and true man, having a name above every creature high, middle or low, in his celestial and eternal Empire, who hath declared unto us all the counsel of God touching our salvation by the contents of the writings of his faithful Prophets & Apostles, being the only eternal priest & by virtue of this Priesthood our sole & only mediator aswell of Redemption as also of Intercession between the father and us unto eternal life, in the which faith the Lord give us grace to live and die to enjoy one day on high eternally with him the glory which he hath purchased by the price of himself.

9 Thus you see my bretheren, what the Iesus Christ of this false Church is, from which the mercy of God hath withdrawen vs, to know and to serue the true & onely Iesus Christ, true God and true man, hauing a name aboue euery creature high, middle or low, in his celestiall and eternall Empire, who hath declared vnto vs all the counsell of God touching our saluation by the contents of the writinges of his faithfull Prophets & Apostles, being the only eternal priest & by vertue of this Priesthood our sole & onely mediator aswell of Redemption as also of Intercession betweene the father and vs vnto eternal life, in the which faith the Lord giue vs grace to liue and die to enioy one day on high eternally with him the glorie which he hath purchased by the price of himselfe.

10 It remaineth now we consider of what manner of Crown this spouse here speaketh, and who this Mother is who hath crowned him therewith. Now then by the Crown, that Majesty and power more then Royal is meant, with which our head is crowned, as it is said Psal. 8.6. and is expounded Heb. 2.9. and Math. 28.18. But who may this mother be, who