A09376:1163
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 tempteth his servants by giving unto them some strange and extraordinary commandment; As in the Gospel, when the young man came to our Saviour Christ, and asked him, what good thing he might do to have eternal life? Math. 19.16, Christ biddeth him go and sell all that he had and give to the poor. This commandment had this use, to be a commandment of trial unto the young man, whereby God would prove what was in his heart, that the same might be manifest both to himself & unto others. And under this kind, we must comprehend this temptation of Abraham: for, when God said, Abraham, offer up thy son in sacrifice; it was not a commandment requiring actual obedience (for GOD meant not that Abraham should kill his son) but only of trial, to see what he would do. And these are Gods temptations, whereby he proveth his servants.
Thirdly, God tempteth his seruants by giuing vnto them some strange and extraordinarie commaundement; As in the Gospell, when the young man came to our Sauiour Christ, and asked him, what good thing hee might doe to haue eternall life? Math. 19.16, Christ biddeth him goe and sell all that he had and giue to the poore. This commaundement had this vse, to be a commaundement of triall vnto the young man, whereby God would proue what was in his heart, that the same might be manifest both to himselfe & vnto others. And vnder this kinde, we must comprehend this temptation of Abraham: for, when God said, Abraham, offer vp thy sonne in sacrifice; it was not a commaundement requiring actuall obedience (for GOD meant not that Abraham should kill his sonne) but onely of triall, to see what he would doe. And these are Gods temptations, whereby he proueth his seruants.