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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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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.
Whence we learn, that all Gods Ministers, and those which prepare themselves to the work of the Ministry, are diligently to read and study the holy Scriptures, and to meditate therein. No doubt, the Author of this Epistle was an Apostle, and had most notable gifts by virtue of his calling, and yet he bestowed pains in viewing the particular words of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, recorded by Moses in the book of Genesis. Daniel also was an extraordinary Prophet: yet (as we may read) Daniel 9.2, he studied with admirable diligence the prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel. And Timothy, though he were a Disciple (Acts 16.1) and well learned: yet Paul chargeth him to give attendance to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine, 1. Timothy 4.13