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A cloud of faithful witnesses, leading to the heavenly Canaan, or, A commentary upon…A cloud of faithfull witnesses, leading to the heauenly Canaan, or, A commentarie vpon…
A cloud of faithful witnesses, leading to the heavenly Canaan, or, A commentary upon the 11 chapter to the Hebrews preached in Cambridge by that godly, and judicious divine, M. William Perkins ; long expected and desired, and therefore published at the request of his executors, by Will. Crashawe and Tho. Pierson, preachers of Gods Word, who heard him preach it, and wrote it from his mouth.A cloud of faithfull witnesses, leading to the heauenly Canaan, or, A commentarie vpon the 11 chapter to the Hebrewes preached in Cambridge by that godly, and iudicious divine, M. William Perkins ; long expected and desired, and therefore published at the request of his executours, by Will. Crashawe and Tho. Pierson, preachers of Gods Word, who heard him preach it, and wrote it from his mouth.
London: printed by Humphrey Lownes for Leo. Greene, 1607London: printed by Humfrey Lownes for Leo. Greene, 1607
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Art thou weak, feeble, or sick? thy faith doth make thee strong in God.
Art thou weake, feeble, or sicke? thy faith doth make thee strong in God.
Art thou base in the world, and of no account? thy faith makes thee honourable in the sight of God and his holy Angels. Thus thou art poor, and foolish, and deformed, and sick, and base in the world; but mark how God hath recompensed thee: he hath given thee faith, whereby thou art rich, and beautiful, & wise, and strong, & honourable in heaven with God: say therefore with David, the lot is fallen unto thee in a fair ground, and thou hast a goodly heritage: Namely,1 thy faith, which thou wouldest not change for all the glory of the world. Faith is the true riches, the sound strength, the lasting beauty, the true wisdom, the true honour of a Christian man: therefore take thy self 10000. times more beholden unto God, then if he had given thee the uncertain riches, the crafty (and yet foolish) wisdom, the decaying strength, the vanishing beauty, the transitory honour of this world.
Art thou base in the world, and of no account? thy faith makes thee honourable in the sight of God and his holy Angels. Thus thou art poore, and foolish, and deformed, and sicke, and base in the world; but marke how God hath recompensed thee: he hath giuen thee faith, whereby thou art rich, and beautifull, & wise, and strong, & honorable in heauen with God: say therfore with Dauid, the lot is fallen vnto thee in a faire ground, and thou hast a goodly heritage: Namely,1 thy faith, which thou wouldest not change for all the glory of the world. Faith is the true riches, the sound strength, the lasting beauty, the true wisedome, the true honour of a Christian man: therefore take thy selfe 10000. times more beholden vnto God, then if hee had giuen thee the vncertaine riches, the crafty (and yet foolish) wisedome, the decaying strength, the vanishing beauty, the transitory honour of this world.