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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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Now more particularly, the holy Ghost divideth this reason into two parts, & handleth the same severally: 1. he proveth that they sought a Country, in this verse; and 2. that this Country which they sought, was heaven it self, verse 15.16. For the first part; that they sought a Country, is thus proved: They which say they are Pilgrims and strangers, they show plainly that they seek a Country. But Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob said of themselves, that they were Pilgrims and Strangers. Therefore they show plainly that they seek a Country.
Now more particularly, the holy Ghost diuideth this reason into two parts, & handleth the same seuerally: 1. he proueth that they sought a Country, in this verse; and 2. that this Country which they sought, was heauen it selfe, verse 15.16. For the first part; that they sought a Country, is thus proued: They which say they are Pilgrimes and strangers, they shew plainly that they seeke a Country. But Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob saide of themselues, that they were Pilgrimes and Strangers. Therefore they shew plainly that they seeke a Country.
The first part of this reason is evident in it self: for he that saith he is a Pilgrim and a stranger in any place, showeth ⟨p. 294⟩plainly that he is forth […] his own Country, and therefore seeketh one. The second part of the reason is assumed from their confession, in the end of the former verse; and confessed, that they were Pilgrims and strangers on the earth: from whence, the conclusion is laid down in this 14. verse, that therefore these Patriarchs sought a Country.
The first part of this reason is euident in it selfe: for hee that saith hee is a Pilgrime and a stranger in any place, sheweth ⟨p. 294⟩plainly that hee is forth 〈…〉 his owne Countrey, and therefore seeketh one. The second part of the reason is assumed from their confession, in the end of the former verse; and confessed, that they were Pilgrimes and strangers on the earth: from whence, the conclusion is laid downe in this 14. verse, that therefore these Patriarchs sought a Country.