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

but yet so, that it is joined with that which is figured, that is, with the solemnising of the espousals, as if it were one and the same time. And indeed this hath bin always the right manner of speaking of the figures & shadows of the Law ceremonial, that the people was always led unto the substance & body of them, which is our Lord Jesus Christ, Col. 2.17. & throughout the whole Ep. to the Hebrews, in such sort, that for want of observing of this method those abuses have bin engendered which are reproved, Psal. 50. & so oft by all the Prophets, & finally the pharisaism reprehended by our Lord Jesus Christ, & afterwards by the Apostles. And yet ⟨p. 434⟩at this day the selfsame fault is still committed by them, in the Sacraments ordained by Jesus Christ, & in others forged by men. Briefly Solomon hath in this place declared by this divine medley of himself crowned in his fiansailes in his Jerusalem, with the espousals of the true Solomon in his celestial Jerusalem which was to be gathered out of all nations of the world, that he had not forgotten, that the promise made concerning him to David his father, had in such sort linked him with the other son of David, of which himself was only the figure & shadow, that it might seem at first sight that the Lord spake of one only person and of one only eternal kingdom, 2. Sam. 7.14. & 1. Chron. 17.13.

but yet so, that it is ioyned with that which is figured, that is, with the solemnising of the espousailes, as if it were one and the same time. And indeede this hath bin alwaies the right maner of speaking of the figures & shadowes of the Lawe ceremoniall, that the people was alwaies ledde vnto the substance & bodie of them, which is our Lorde Iesus Christ, Col. 2.17. & throughout the whole Ep. to the Hebrues, in such sort, that for want of obseruing of this methode those abuses haue bin engendred which are reproued,