A09376:1114
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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making no account of him, nor of our own salvation by him, in comparison of the ⟨p. 302⟩present profits and pleasures of sin. But we must pray to God to give us spiritual wisdom, and the gift of discerning, that now when God sets before us things so far differing, we may have grace to discern between them; and withal, to prefer and make choice of the best, and to refuse the worst. But as for them that are so mad in their choice, that they now prefer sin before the blessings of God in Christ, they shall see the day when they would wish themselves to be Dogs, Toads, or Serpents, rather then men and women: and yet (though they would be glad of that exchange of state) they shall never compass it, but shall remain woeful men and women for evermore, because that once they made so profane a choice: when the path of life was set before them, they chose the way of death rather then of life; and therefore when they would desire death, they shall not have it, but shall live a life more bitter for ever then any death in the greatest pangs.
making no account of him, nor of our owne saluation by him, in comparison of the ⟨p. 302⟩present profits and pleasures of sinne. But wee must pray to God to giue vs spirituall wisedome, and the gift of discerning, that now when God sets before vs thinges so farre differing, we may haue grace to discerne betweene them; and withall, to preferre and make choise of the best, and to refuse the worst. But as for them that are so mad in their choise, that they now preferre sinne before the blessings of God in Christ, they shal see the day when they would wish themselues to be Dogges, Toades, or Serpents, rather then men and women: and yet (though they would be glad of that exchange of state) they shall neuer compasse it, but shall remaine woefull men and women for euermore, because that once they made so profane a choise: when the path of life was set before them, they chose the way of death rather then of life; and therefore when they would desire death, they shall not haue it, but shall liue a life more bitter for euer then any death in the greatest pangs.