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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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Thirdly, God hath given us ten commandments, containing all ordinary duties both of piety and of mercy: yet if God give us a particular and special commandment contrary to any of the ten; that must stand, and the ordinary commandments must give place and yield unto it: as for example; the second commandment forbiddeth any man to make any graven Image; yet Moses by a special commandment,1 made a brazen serpent in the wilderness to be a figure of Christ. So the sixth commandment, Thou shalt not kill, is an ordinary commandment, and bindeth the conscience of every man to obey the same; yet God comes with a special commandment to Abraham, & saith, Abraham, kill thy son; & therefore the ordinary commandment of the 2. table giveth place for the time. And so go all the commandments, thou shalt do thus & thus, unless God command otherwise: for God is an absolute Lord, and so above his ⟨p. 314⟩own Laws, he is not bound unto them, but may dispense with them, and with us for the keeping of them, at his will and pleasure. And thus was Abraham warranted to sacrifice his Son; namely, by virtue of a special, and personal commandment to himself alone.
Thirdly, God hath giuen vs ten commandements, containing all ordinary duties both of piety and of mercy: yet if God giue vs a particular and speciall commaundement contrary to any of the ten; that must stand, and the ordinarie commaundements must giue place and yeeld vnto it: as for example; the second commaundement forbiddeth any man to make any grauen Image; yet Moses by a speciall cōmandement,1 made a brasen serpent in the wildernesse to be a figure of Christ. So the sixt cōmandement, Thou shalt not kill, is an ordinary cōmandement, and bindeth the conscience of euery man to obay the same; yet God comes with a special cōmandement to Abraham, & saith, Abraham, kill thy son; & therefore the ordinary commandement of the 2. table giueth place for ye time. And so goe all ye cō mādements, thou shalt do thus & thus, vnlesse God cōmand otherwise: for God is an absolute Lord, and so aboue his ⟨p. 314⟩owne Lawes, hee is not bound vnto them, but may dispence with them, and with vs for the keeping of them, at his will and pleasure. And thus was Abraham warranted to sacrifice his Sonne; namely, by vertue of a speciall, and personall commaundement to himselfe alone.