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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
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and so many testimonies of the goodness of God towards him, as were creatures made for the use of man, and subjected to his government. And of this it followeth, that man is not only bound to give God thanks for that which he hath received from him, in himself, but also for all the gifts which God hath bestowed upon all other creatures for man, which are as it were preachers of the glory of God unto men, Psal. 19. and if they had understanding and mouths, would cry with a loud voice, both above and below saying, Ye men, ⟨p. 35⟩for whom we are made, thank God for us, glorify him in us: Whereas since the fall of man, by the sin of whom they have been brought to this miserable estate whereunto they have been subject, Gen. 3.17. they cry and demand vengeance of god, Rom. 8.22. The creatures therefore being fair & good every one in his degree, as Moses also distinctly specifieth the same in the history of the creation, and as I have said, beauty and goodness being the objects of dilection, it followeth that man naturally before his fall (which was also requisite for the right government of all those things which were committed unto him, seeing none taketh pleasure to maintain and govern that which he hateth) bare an affection unto all the creatures, but yet so, that in the beauty and goodness of them, he did contemplate the author and giver, and therefore by consequent loved not, to speak properly, the creatures, but the Creator in contemplating and beholding the creatures.
and so many testimonies of the goodness of God towardes him, as were creatures made for the vse of man, and subiected to his gouernment. And of this it followeth, that man is not only bound to giue God thanks for that which he hath receiued from him, in himselfe, but also for all the giftes which God hath bestowed vpon all other creatures for man, which are as it were preachers of the glory of God vnto men, Psal. 19. and if they had vnderstanding and mouthes, woulde cry with a loud voice, both aboue and below saying, Yee men, ⟨p. 35⟩