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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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and this will be as a cable rope to draw him out of the pit of sin: This course we must take, and this do, in every hard case that shall befall us.
and this will be as a cablerope to drawe him out of the pit of sinne: This course wee must take, and this doe, in euery hard case that shall befall vs.
And thus much of the means whereby Abraham induced himself to obey God.
And thus much of the meanes whereby Abraham induced himselfe to obey God.
The third and last reason whereby Abraham's faith is commended unto us, is the issue and event thereof in these words: From whence he received him also after a sort.
The third and last reason whereby Abrahams faith is commended vnto vs, is the issue and euent thereof in these words: From whence he receiued him also after a sort.
From whence; that is from death: After a sort, or (as it may be read) in some show. This is said, because Isaac in the thought and purpose of Abraham, was but a dead man: for, Abraham was fully resolved with himself upon Gods command, to have sacrificed him; yea, he had gone so far, as to put the sacrificing knife unto his sons throat, and had slain him indeed, had not the Angel of God staid his hand: and therefore when the Angel said, Lay not thy hand upon the child, neither do any thing to him, even then did Abraham in some show receive Isaac from death.