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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

vnto his infirmitie which may bee compared vnto the fiansailes and secondly according vnto his glory which he obtained after his resurrection beeing nowe the true husband of his Church replenished himselfe with glory though shee bee yet remayning in part vpon earth Now as touching this psalme Christ is therein proposed vnto vs as being already in his glory and as he who hath begonne already to accomplish in deede this holy marriadge with his Church Christ therefore as husband is this true king of his Church so perfite in respect of himselfe in all beautie that there is nothing wanting vers 2. As touching the good grace he hath to winne all heartes vnto himselfe and euen to chaunge and turn them altogether the same also appeareth in the preaching of the gospell accompanied with a vertue power of the spirite which cannot be expressed Himselfe in asmuch as hee hath taken vpon him the nature of man hath receiued in the same nature the spirite of God without measure in such aboundaunt wise that he poured it as it were ouer in all his saintes He is girded also with a sword and that not in shewe onely without effect but which he draweth and vnsheatheth in deede namely then when he maketh his worde to pearce vnto the diuiding of the soule of the spirite vers 3. He is besides described to bee furnished and prouided with arrowes with which he shooteth thorough transpearceth all his enemies ver 5. which maketh also that al praise ought principally souerainly to be yeelded vnto him who sheweth himselfe of so ready and mighty a power that hee is able to succour and defende such as are his to breake in sunder and ouerthrow the strength of such as rebell against him ver 5. To this purpose he is introduced as being trained in his chariot by these three horses Truth Meekenes and Righteousnes which are conducted by the word as by him that guideth this Chariot vers 4. Nowe to declare at large the sense and meaning of euery of these things here proposed it would require a great volume Notwithstanding we may as it were by the way obserue somewhat out of them if we make a comparison on the contrarie side of the traine they kepe and on what chariot they cause them-selues to be carried I meane the kinges Princes who serue that master which is opposed altogether vnto this head of the Church in whose whole furniture and prouision is nothing but Ambition Pride Insolencie Crueltie Dissolution with an horrible trāpling vnder oppressing of them which are their subiects We must also diligently note that which is added that albeit the worlde will not accept this most iust and most milde gouernement of his that notwithstanding this so iust a king gouerneth alwaies most happily that the more men oppose and set themselues against him the more hee maketh his power to appeare whether it be in that so iust and assured defence which hee causeth those who are his to feele or whether he strike his enemies within vnto death by a most diuine power namely when hee casteth them into a reprobate sense to make them-selues the instruments of their own ruine destruction Now albeit these things come to passe euery day inasmuch as this good king doth alwaies defend all his elect to the end that none of them perish inasmuch as he doth vengeance vpon their enemies according as it pleaseth him to shewe the markes thereof notwithstanding this appeared most expreslie in the first beginning of this marriage as it seemeth to be here in some sort touched when he shewed such vengeaunce on that vngrateful synagogue of the Iewes obstinatly perseuering in her incredulity in which she continueth vnto this date reseruing notwithstanding the remnaunt of his elect according vnto his expresse mercy which he promised vnto the race of Abraham howe rebellious so euer it doth shew it selfe Now after this king hath obtained such a victorie hee is here seated on his seat of Iustice and Righteousnesse which is called eternal and euerlasting ver 6. to giue vs to vnderstand that it is not of this woorld and that not onely because that Iustice establisheth the seat of the king in this world as it is written Prou. 27.28 but especially because here the question is of a king who is together both true God eternal and true Son of Dauid according vnto the fleshe vnto whom also in asmuch as he is man is giuen all power both in heauen and in earth beeing exalted aboue euerie name as this place is alleaged Heb. 1.8 in so much that the Church hath no more manie kinges then one woman can haue manie husbandes neither is he whom she hath for her husband so God that he is not also man seeing otherwise the marriage would not agree betweene him the Church which is gathered from among men as neither is hee man in such sort that hee is not God too because that otherwise the Church should not haue an head and husband mighty enough to defend her Afterwarde is declared the most righteous gouernment of this goodlie kingdome to wit of the Church ver 7. for there is no kingdome but the Church which is gouerned by the true rule of a most iust and moderate discretion bee it in publicke charges or in priuate duties and particular charges because it is in it properlie that the spirite of God doth raign which ordereth directeth indeed the senses gouerneth the affections of the true faithful beleeuing And the reason of this point which is added is of great waight namely because that this king of the Church both in respect of his person as also of his office is annointed aboue his companions that is to saie we must set him by himselfe in another order degree then other kings are For euen in the most excellent kings yea in Dauid himselfe there haue beene many defects and imperfections but in such a king as this is there is nothing but all perfection As for that which is added of the most exquisite robes and vestiments of this king vers 8. this is referred partly vnto that proper voice which the father caused to be heard when he was baptized saying This is my welbeloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased by which voice is giuen vs to vnderstand the ful and perfect reconciliation with the father by that most sweet odor aswel of the integrity and righteousnesse resiant in the parson of Christ our Immanuel as also his obedience vnto death euen the death of the crosse These same vestiments also and robes of his are referred vnto that which the Apostle saith 2. Cor. 2.15 we are the sweet odor of Christ as of him who hath beene made vnto vs Wisdome Righteousnes and Sanctification Redemption 1. Cor. 1.30 which blessings hee powreth downe vpon vs from those pallaces of Iuory which are those heauenly places where hee is seated and from whence hee looketh vpon vs and

vsed and so il handled as it was he would not onely haue it to be vnharnished as I said before but also vnpinned disioynted and pulled asunder but yet so that the peeces remained soūd good as indeed in his good time he set it together againe that by the appointment ordinance of the Kings themselues otherwise his enemies and successors of them who had pulled it in peeces If hereupon a man reply vnto mee the seruitude of the people of God I confesse it for they had wel deserued it but I adde that during this verie captiuity beholde the people how captiue and prisoner-like soeuer they were gouernour of Babylon in great authority in the person of Daniel beholde the royal edictes for the worshipping of the God of Daniel beholde the tyrant himselfe brought to feede among the brute beastes behold Babylon it selfe captiue and the people of god restored restablished with great priuileges restitution of their holy vessels And what afterward Is not this that King who beate downe the Kings of Syria and of AEgypt though sometime he had giuen them an entrance euen into his house there to take them and entrap them 7 And if we passe yet farther wee shal see that it was then then I saie indeede that this great King shewed his infinit dilection and loue towardes his Ierusalem that which went before being nothing else but the pledges as it were of the fiansailes when he set vp this Coch of his in Ierusalem which with an incredible swiftnesse passed from East to West and from North to South by the mighty and impetuous winde of his mouth represented on the daie of Pentecost by two thinges most swift and light and of most suddaine effect namely by a mighty and violent rushing wind and by fire in the similitude and likenesse of tounges And this is indeede the time when both the mighty power and more then cordial affection of the King of this Coch trained indeed vpon the winges of the foure windes appeared hauing beaten downe that great mount of the Romane Monarchie and blowing now to ruine and ouerthrow the beast moulded vpon this pattern and seated in the Temple of God vpon the very same seuen hils For the declaring of which things in particular it is not one sermon nay the life of many men one after another can serue 8 Onely I wil saie that this second Coch not new in it selfe but spiritual in asmuch as it was figured by the first beeing externall and grosse according vnto the time beeing fallen after certaine ages into most wicked handes and most wickedlie and vilely conducted hath beene harnished againe in our time and restored vnto his former estate hauing trauersed as stil it doth trauerse a great part of the world with terrible iuts but so guided by him which is in heauen and keepeth vp the wheeles thereof without forsaking them that God bee thanked therefore the greatest mightiest who endeuoured with al their force to staie the course of it haue serued for litter being beaten downe and trampled vnder it and if there haue beene anie who through the violence of such shogginges are leapt out of the Coch it hath beene to flie vp on high whither this Coch leadeth al it carieth causing them to leaue only their case on earth aswell to serue for a reproch and perpetuall remorse of conscience vnto some as to leaue vnto others an example of firme and inuincible constancie And seeing that God hath bestowed this grace vpō vs my brethren yea continued so long a time as to haue set vp his Coch amongst vs also to haue receiued vs into it as it were out of all the countries of the woorld let vs be heedefull to behaue our selues as it becommeth vs that we bee neuer cast out of it and to pray vnto God with Dauid Psal 23.6 and 27 4. that we maie continue in it al the time of our life and that hee wil there entertaine vs with his fauour vntil that latter daie in which wee shal be carried vp on high there to raigne with him eternally 1. Thess 4.17 Amen Almighty God c. THE XXIX SERMON Our help be in the name of God c. It is written as followeth in the third Chapter of the Canticle of Canticles the 11. verse 11 Daughters of Syon come forth and behold this King Salomon with the crowne with which his mother crowned him in the daie of his espousailes and the gladnes of his heart 1 The knowledge of the true Iesus Christ and of the true Church is requisit vnto saluation and the one must teach vs the other 2 The true Church insteede of busieng her mind on her selfe giueth herselfe wholie to the praising of her Bridegrome to lead al the world vnto him 3 Al they which are in the Church are not therefore of the Church and there is found a false Catholique Church too in the midst of the true 4 A man must first goe out of himselfe to contemplate this King 5 Secondlie he must goe out of Syon it selfe when the King is parted thence that Babylon hath there set vp her banner 6 A man must goe foorth but it is to find and contemplate this King 7 It is another thing to contemplate this King then simply to looke on and beholde him and howe this contemplation hath beene alwaies entirelie spirituall the spirit notwithstanding being instructed by the hearing of the woorde and by the sight of the Sacraments 8 Whereunto and to whom the sensuall contemplation of the presence of this king being in the world serueth 9 Certaine testimonies that we should not nor must not seeke after the bodilie presence of this King on earth since the time he is ascended the heauens 10 A conclusion of this doctrine teaching vs where and how wee must contemplate this King 11 An opposition and refutation of the doctrine contrarie to this truth 12 An exhortation better to contemplate and serue this King then men haue done 13 This King is souerain spiritual eternall deliuering ouer to no creature the authoritie of imposing Lawes on the conscience nor to noting that which men are to doe concerning his seruice nor touching that which wee must beleeue vnto saluation 14 What the commission is both of the spirituall officers and Christian Magistrates of this King 15 High treason committed against this King with aunswere to the obiections of the same 16 An exhortation to contemplate and knowe this great King and Sauiour THAT which we haue already learned as wel of the matter as of the building and adorning of the Coche Royall ought to cause vs to acknowledge the excellency thereof But yet we must confesse that that which is within is a great deale more faire I meane first of al this King and afterward the Queene the excellencie of whom is painted foorth vnto vs namely that of the King by the mouth of the Queen and that of the Queene by the mouth of

comparison betwixt him and any creature and we must hold this generall sentence without exception that God will neuer giue either in whole or in part his honor vnto an other which doth fundamentally ouerthrowe all kind of Idolatries whatsoeuer As touching his humanity being distinctly and by it selfe considered he is called indeed sonne of man that is to say true mā in all and through all of like nature in substance of body and of soul with vs being in this respect extracted brought from Adam as Luke witnesseth in his genealogie Luk. 3.38 but as touching the qualities of the same nature otherwise qualified altogether then they who are not regenerated by the spirite betweene whom him there is no more agreeablenesse then betweene light and darcknesse 2. Cor. 6.14 And as touching thē which are changed renewed by his spirit there is truly a very great agreeablenesse and accord being guided and gouerned by the same spirite enlightening their vnderstanding Ephes 1.18 and creating in them both to will and to doe Phil. 2.13 to be followers of him Ephes 5.1 walking as hee hath walked 1. Ioh. 2.6 by reason of which conformity they are also called the children of God Ioh. 1.12 and light Ephes 5.8 but the inequality is very great first because he is the essential fountaine and spring of all grace in asmuch as hee is God Secondly because hee is as it were the channell and bason touching his humanity into which all graces in all perfection haue beene powred I mean out of his diuinity and Godhead into his humanity manhood to the end that all of vs might draw from thence euery one his measure Ioh. 1.16 and 1. Cor. 12.11 not that he hath the lesse for al this or that he hath one part we an other but that his plenteousnesse and aboundance ouerfloweth vpon vs without diminishing of any whit thereof in him 3 It remaineth we speake of his office of mediatorshippe whereupon we ought generally to note that the sonne of god beeing come in fleshe to purchase this spouse by the blood of himselfe he is so iealous of her that he cā neuer be brought to quit any one point of this amity and loue of his to an other nay he hath often taken her againe vnto him howe lewdly soeuer shee had behaued her selfe Ierem. 3.1 The better to vnderstand this and that in the quality of his mediatorship and of that which hee hath doone for his spouse he hath no companion we wil as the author of the epistle to the Hebrues doth referre the whole vnto three points namely to his dignity Royall his state Propheticall his Priesthood in respect of which three points wee may and ought truely to say that hee hath to speake properly no companion albeit hee hath as it were his officers and seruants with whom in certaine pointes and after a certaine sort he serueth himselfe In which thing many verie great and pernicious abuses are committed as we wil by gods helpe afterwardes declare Iesus Christ therefore is only king not only in that he is creator and gouernour of the worlde in soueraign degree with God his father with the holy ghost but specially King of a Kingdoome which is not of this woorlde concerning the conscience beeing spirituall and eternal in such sort that vnto him alone it appertaineth to commaund and to forbid Ioh. 13.13 to iudge and to absolue 1. Cor. 5.4 hauing the keies to open and to shut Apocalyps 3.7 So that neither hath it beene nor is nor maie bee lawfull at anie time for any besides no not for the Angels themselues to make a Law to binde the conscience nor to establish in any point concerning the substance thereof the gouernment of the Church The reason hereof is most iust and most euident Most iust because sith this gouernment surpasseth the order it selfe and nature of this woorlde there is none capable thereof but he which is true God and together also man endewed with a wisedome and power surpassing euen that of the Angels Most euident also because that if it bee forbidden to adde to or diminish anie thing from the commaundementes of this Lawe-giuer Deutr. 4.2 and 12.32 much more is it inhibited to make newe ordinances And therefore it is saide by Esay Who required these things at your handes Esay 1.12 And al the commaundementes of man in the matter of this spirituall kingdome are once for all declared to bee nullities Esay 29.13 Coloss 2.8 and 22. and 1. Cor. 7.23 As touching this point therefore let this stand for a sure ground and agreed vpon that Iesus Christ hath no companion in what sort soeuer in this kingdome and that he alone in this respect is King and Lorde of the vniuersall Church euen vnto the ends of the world for euer Psal 2.8 and 110. as it also behoued the writing set ouer his head on the Crosse should bear Pilate not knowing what he did how euer the Iewes were angry with it 4 Let vs come now to the 2. point which we called his state office of being a Prophet taking this appellation not strictly as being giuen to certaine personages to prophecy foretell such things as should come to passe touching our Lorde Iesus Christ the particular application of the threats promises of the law such as were the 15. Prophets whose writings we haue many others mentioned in the holy scriptures but taking this word of prophet generally for a declarer of the wil of god touching our saluation in which sense Iesus Christ is called the Prophet whom we must heare vnder paine of extermination Deut. 18.15 as the same is expounded Act. 3.22 Ioh. 1.18 I say then that as Iesus Christ alone is properly the foundation of the Church 1. Cor. 3.11 And by the Lord himselfe Esay 28.16 as it is also in him alone in whom the church was elected before the foundatiō of the world Ephe 1.4 so also it is he alone which hath beene ordained from euerlasting by the father to declare his wil vnto mē And that this is so behold S. Paul who witnesseth in expresse termes that it was he which guided the people in the desart 1 Cor. 10.9 as also it was he whose glory Esay saw Ioh. 1.41 In a word S. Peter speaking of the time it selfe of Noe saith that it was he that came then in spirit preached to the vnbeleeuers of that time 1. Pet. 3.19 finally it is hee which came in flesh to manifest the wil of the father to make the world altogither inexcusable Ioh. 15.22 18.37 yea so far as to bee called the minister of the circūcisiō Rom. 15.8 that is to say of the Iews 5 Let vs come vnto the state of his priesthood which consisteth in two points namely in the expiation of our sins in his intercession for vs towards God his father As touching this expiation we must first of al consider that this word importeth a ful