A09376:1145
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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But if Abraham had not had this particular commandment, the sacrificing of Isaac had been unlawful and abominable; for, the killing of a man is a heinous sin: much more is the killing of a mans own son without a special commandment; for that is against nature: and therefore the Lord by Jeremiah doth severely condemn the Jews for burning their sons and daughters in sacrifice, Jer. 7.31, without any warrant from him; though it may be they would pretend their imitation of Abraham in the sacrificing of Isaac: yea, and to show his detestation of that fact, he changeth the name of the place, calling it the valley of slaughter, verse 32, and in the new Testament it is used to signify hell, Math. 5.29.30. And because this sin is so odious, it is rather to be thought, that Jephthah did not kill his daughter in sacrifice to the Lord (as some think he did) especially being a man commended for his faith by the holy Ghost: but hereof we shall speak when we come to his example, verse 32.
But if Abraham had not had this particular commaundement, the sacrificing of Isaac had beene vnlawfull and abhominable; for, the killing of a man is a hainous sinne: much more is the killing of a mans owne sonne without a speciall commaundement; for that is against nature: and therefore the Lord by Ieremie doth seuerely condemne the Iewes for burning their sonnes and daughters in sacrifice, Ier. 7.31, without any warrant from him; though it may be they would pretend their imitation of Abraham in the sacrificing of Isaac: yea, and to shew his detestation of that fact, he changeth the name of the place, calling it the valley of slaughter, verse 32, and in the new Testament it is vsed to signifie hell, Math. 5.29.30. And because this sinne is so odious, it is rather to be thought, that Iephte did not kill his daughter in sacrifice to the Lord (as some thinke hee did) especially being a man commended for his faith by the holy Ghost: but hereof we shall speake when we come to his example, verse 32.