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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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Here two questions offer themselves to be considered. ⟨p. 289⟩First, if every man, both in profession and practice, must show himself to be a pilgrim and stranger in this world: Whether then, is it not a good estate of life, for a man to contemn the world, and all things in it, and to betake himself to perpetual beggary, and voluntary poverty? Answ. The world in Scripture is taken divers ways: first, for the corruptions and sins in the world; and these must be contemned by all means possible: yea, that is the best religion▪ which teacheth best how to contemn these; and he the best man, who most forsakes them, in what calling soever he lives.
Here two questions offer themselues to be considered. ⟨p. 289⟩First, if euery man, both in profession and practice, must shew himselfe to bee a pilgrime and stranger in this world: Whether then, is it not a good estate of life, for a man to contemne the world, and all things in it, and to betake himselfe to perpetuall beggerie, and voluntary pouertie? Answ. The world in Scripture is taken diuers waies: first, for the corruptions and sinnes in the world; and these must be contemned by all meanes possible: yea, that is the best religion▪ which teacheth best how to contemne these; and he the best man, who most forsakes them, in what calling soeuer he liues.
Secondly, for temporal blessings, as money, lands, wealth, sustenance, and such like outward things, as concern the necessary or convenient maintenance of this natural life. And in this sense, the world is not to be contemned, for in themselves, these earthly things are the good gifts of God, which no man can simply contemn, without injury to Gods disposing hand and providence, who hath ordained them for natural life.
Secondly, for temporal blessings, as money, lands, wealth, sustenance, and such like outward things, as concerne the necessarie or conuenient maintenance of this naturall life. And in this sense, the world is not to bee contemned, for in themselues, these earthly things are the good gifts of God, which no man can simply contemne, without iniurie to Gods disposing hand and prouidence, who hath ordained them for naturall life.