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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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This Doctrine is gathered out of this place, after this manner: Such as is Gods practice and dealing towards men, in time; such was his eternal counsel and decree (for as God before all time determined to deal with men, so in time he dealeth with them). Now Gods practice and dealing with Isaac and Ismael is this; Ismael is vouchsafed to be made partaker of temporal blessings; but yet he is cut off from the spiritual covenant of grace, and Isaac is the man that must receive the Covenant, and by virtue thereof be made partaker of life everlasting. And so accordingly it is with others; GOD hath decreed to choose some men to salvation, and these are admitted into the Covenant: others he hath decreed to reject, and they are cut off from the Covenant and from life everlasting. These two persons, Isaac & Ismael, are two types of these two sorts of people whom God doth elect, and reject: Isaac representeth those that are chosen to salvation, who become the true members of Gods Church; and Ismael is a type of those that are rejected. Now in regard of this different dealing of God with mankind, choosing some and refusing others, we must all put in practice Saint Peters lesson with fear and trembling; even careful above all give all diligence to make our election sure: 2. Peter 1.10: for, all be not elected to salvation, but some are rejected; all be not Isaacs, but some are Ishmaelites. If all were elected and chosen to salvation, then no man needed to care for it; but seeing some are rejected, and never vouchsafed to come within the Covenant indeed, therefore it standeth us greatly in hand to take the good counsel of the Apostle, and to ⟨p. 334⟩[…] ⟨p. 335⟩[…] ⟨p. 336⟩give all diligence to make our election sure.
This Doctrine is gathered out of this place, after this manner: Such as is Gods practice and dealing towards men, in time; such was his eternall counsell and decree (for as God before all time determined to deale with men, so in time hee dealeth with them). Now Gods practice and dealing with Isaac and Ismaell is this; Ismaell is vouchsafed to bee made partaker of temporall blessings; but yet he is cut off from the spirituall couenant of grace, and Isaac is the man that must receiue the Couenant, and by vertue thereof be made partaker of life euerlasting. And so accordingly it is with others; GOD hath decreed to chuse some men to saluation, and these are admitted into the Couenant: others he hath decreed to reiect, and they are cut off from the Couenant and from life euerlasting. These two persons, Isaac & Ismaell, are two types of these two sorts of people whō God doth elect, and reiect: Isaac representeth those that are chosen to saluation, who become the true members of Gods Church; and Ismaell is a type of those that are reiected. Now in regard of this different dealing of God with mankinde, chusing some and refusing others, wee must all put in practice Saint Peters lesson with feare and trembling; euen carefull aboue all giue all diligence to make our election sure: