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A09998	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 ...; Sermons sur les trois premiers chapitres du Cantique des cantiques. English	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.; Harmar, John, 1555?-1613.	1587 (1587)	STC 2025; ESTC S101752	345,082	450

to al these thinges which you cal miserable abuses as neuer yet the time that there was not Masse said a Pope to be gods vicar in earth And what new gospel thē I pray you is this of yours Where was this newe Church of yours I praie you fifty yeares ago Behold their common language But we wil send them backe vnto this text and wil tell them with this Bridegroome that this is that onely vine which hee transported out of Aegypt which hath beene a long time in the handes of wicked not vineyarders but destroiers from whom it is now taken to be restored and husbanded The wild beasts haue broused it but God hath made vp the hedge thereof againe set vp his wine presse in it Psal 80.15 Mat. 21.33 they are the same fig trees which were before but beeing become barraine for want of careful trimming and looking too they now beare litle figs as the vine beginneth to shoote forth her tender grapes Such was the condition of the Church after the storms which fel in Saules time which Dauid by all means sought to remedy but was not able notwithstanding entirely to perfect the seruice ceremonial nor the temple which Salomon afterward hauing compassed he compareth this newe restablishment reformation vnto a plat of ground where the fig trees are laden with young figs and the vine beginneth to yeeld foorth her smal grapes giuing great hope of a goodly vintage 16 But what These young figs and these smal grapes may not remaine at one staie but the young figs must become fair and good figs and the smal grapes must proue faire and goodlie raisins As the young child hangeth not alwaies at the mothers brest to sucke still but liueth and is nourished with solid meat after his sucking time is past 1. Cor. 3.2 In a word we are regenerat and borne a new in Iesus Christ to encrease in him by little and little vnto wee be come vntill his ful stature in vs Eph. 4.12 we are entred the list not to stand stil in the middest of our race but to runne stil on vntil wee sease vpon the crowne of eternal life 1. Tim. 6.12 15 Behold I saie what our dutie is that we be not that vnhappie fig tree which represented the miserable nation of the Iewes whose cutting off was near at hand and whereof mention is made Mat. 21.19 where it is said that the Lord finding on it nothing but leaues cursed it though the season did not serue for figgs And why so To shew the Iewes that the time of iudgement was come because they had let the time of grace and mercie to passe as hee before declared vnto them Luk. 13.6 and therefore said he vnto his Disciples As you know that the summer is neare when the fig tree shooteth foorth his leaues so when you see the signes of my comming knowe you that I am hard at the dore And what shal we say hereupon touching the time that wee are in Truely happie if wee knew how to know the visitation from on high Luk. 1.68.78 but more then thrise vnhappie through the hardnes of heart and rebellion of the world Esai 5.24 For is it not in our time that the lord hath begunne to raise vp this vine which was laide wast and to dig vp the earth round about this fig-tree to mould it better Is it not in our time that the fig trees haue brought forth their young figs and the vine her smal grapes Yea I dare saie it and God be praised for it there haue beene faire and good figges growen goodlie and pleasant grapes yeelded But alas besides that the winds which haue fel and the stormes of hail which we haue brought vpon vs by our sinnes haue shaken the trees and the vine plantes and constrained the Lorde of the vineyard to hasten his vintage in what state is this ground and heritage at this daie Naie how manie fig trees and vine plantes see we plucked vp by the rootes How manie young figs and small grapes are fallen downe And what hope doe the youth of our time yeeld vs Alas very litle the time being rather come wherof mention is made Esa 5.2 the Lord complaining and saying I looked for fruit of my vineyard but it hath brought me nothing but wild grapes What remaineth vs then but that the withered braunches of the vine and the dead bowes of the tree be cut off and cast into the fire Mat. 3.3.10 Ioh. 15.6 And indeed are we so blind as not to see that this is come to passe in the East West North and South and so to continue more more Are we so deaf as not to heare the great blows of the hatchet axe hewing downe the goodly carued seelings of the house of the Lord Psal 74.5 Do we not heare the Lyon roare and the waues of the Sea to make a noise Esai 5.29 And if the Lord haue not spared the naturall braunches will hee spare the small abortiue suckers Rom. 11.21 Let vs therefore craue of our good God eares to heare and praie him that he wil giue vs the spirit of repentance and conuersion and preserue and blesse the residue of this his vineyard which hee expecteth in great patience that wee should bring forth fruites of righteousnesse and of charity which may be pleasing and acceptable vnto him vnto his honor and glorie and vnto our soules health and saluation Almighty God c. THE XXI SERMON Our helpe be in the name of God c. It is written as followeth in the second Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles the 13. and 14. verses 13 Arise my Loue my faire one and come awaie 14 My Doue which keepest thy selfe in the clefts of the rocke in the secret places of the ascent thereof shew me thy face let me heare thy voice for thy voice is sweete and thy face is comelie 1 The Bridegroomes calling to awaken his spouse so often reiterated declareth what naturall heauines and drousinesse is in the best sort which can be corrected by no other meanes then by the voice of the Bridegroome onely who maketh himselfe to be heard 2 The spouse is somtimes made so wild and so hared that shee is forced to giue place vnto her persecutors but yet remaineth a Doue still in her holie puritie 3 Examples of this vnder the olde couenant 4 Examples of the same vnder the newe couenaunt beginning from Iesus Christ himselfe 5 The Romish puttock hath skared the Doue out of the plaine but the Bridegrome hath begun in our time to reclaim her 6 The spouse the Doue thus skared insteed of stooping skirreth aloft where she findeth her sure rock to foote on 7 The spouse beeing brought downe from the rock where for a time shee was hid and remained dumbe must make her selfe to be clearlie seene and heard of her Bridegrome 8 An exhortation to put this doctrin throughlie in practise 9 A reprehension of the negligence of some and the