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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
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Thirdly, after both these, we must conform our selves throughout (heart, and life) unto the holy laws of God: we must leave all bad ways, and ungodly courses, though they be never so dear unto us, or so common in the world; and must make conscience of all sin, and endeavour to do all duties to God and man.
Thirdly, after both these, wee must conforme our selues throughout (heart, and life) vnto the holy lawes of God: we must leaue all bad waies, and vngodly courses, though they be neuer so deare vnto vs, or so commō in the world; and must make conscience of all sinne, and endeauour to doe all duties to God and man.
The first of these, is the ground of faith: the second, is faith it self: the last, the fruit and effect of it, and an assured testimony of it to God, to his Church, and to a mans own conscience. And to do these three things, is to walk in the old and holy way▪ consecrated by Christs blood, and trodden in by all the holy Fathers: and Popery, nor any other religion can appoint so •a•e, so sure, nor so direct a way. Thus lived Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob; and after this course they died in faith, and now live in glory: and so shall we with them, if we will live in faith, as they did; but else, we may long look for heaven, before we come there. Indeed, God can make a man that lived not in faith, die in faith: but, the matter is not what he can do, but what is his ordinary course; & that is this: They that live in faith, die in faith. Therefore, let us take the ordinary course, ⟨p. 273⟩and repent, and turn betimes, and live the life of faith; and leave late repentance to them that think it but a sport to venture a soul: that course may speed; but this course is sure to speed: he that lives in sin, may hap to die in faith; but he that lives in faith, is sure to die in faith, and to live in glory for ever.