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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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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.
In this reason observe, first, that the Author of this Epistle had diligently read the History of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob, penned by Moses in the book of Genesis: and in reading, had observed that which they particularly confessed of themselves in many places of that book; namely, that they were Pilgrims and strangers: yea, also he gathered from their confession, this most heavenly meditation, that therefore they were not in their own Country, but sought another. These three things then the Author of this Epistle used about the holy Scriptures: Reading, meditation, and observation.
In this reason obserue, first, that the Author of this Epistle had diligently read the History of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Iacob, penned by Moses in the booke of Genesis: and in reading, had obserued that which they particularly confessed of themselues in many places of that booke; namely, that they were Pilgrimes and strangers: yea, also hee gathered from their confession, this most heauenly meditation, that therefore they were not in their owne Country, but sought another. These three thinges then the Author of this Epistle vsed about the holy Scriptures: Reading, meditation, and obseruation.