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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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2. Here we may see, that God honoureth those his servants that honour him, as he saith to Ely the Priest, 1. Sam. 2.30. Which is a point to be marked diligently; for, this God is the glorious king of heaven and earth: yet he abaseth himself, ⟨p. 307⟩& is content to be named by his Creature, advancing them by abasing himself to be called their God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Where we may apparently see, rather then God will not have them honoured that honour him, he will abase himself, that they thereby may be honoured.
2. Here we may see, that God honoureth those his seruants that honour him, as hee saith to Ely the Priest, 1. Sam. 2.30. Which is a point to be marked diligently; for, this God is the glorious king of heauen and earth: yet he abaseth himselfe, ⟨p. 307⟩& is content to be named by his Creature, aduancing them by abasing himselfe to be called their God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob. Where we may apparantly see, rather then God wil not haue them honoured that honour him, he wil abase himself, that they therby may be honored.
Hence we may learn many things. First, that all that profess religion truly, must inure themselves to go through good report and ill report, and in all estates to be content, for Gods honours sake: as Paul saith; I have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content: I can be abased and I can abound;1 every where in all things I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, to abound & to have want. Thus spake that holy man of God: & so must we all endeavour to say, & accordingly to practice. And the reason is good: because if a man honour God, howsoever he be contemned, or not regarded in the world, yet God will honour him, & esteem highly of him: that will prove the way to all true honour, as it hath done, even in this world to all that tried it.