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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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The third point to be considered is, the parties blessed, that is, Jacob and Esau. Here mark first the order which the holy Ghost useth: he setteth Jacob in the first place, and yet Esau was the elder brother: what is the reason of this? Answer. We must know that the Scripture useth a three-fold order in the naming of persons:
The third point to be considered is, the parties blessed, that is, Iacob and Esau. Heere marke first the order which the holy Ghost vseth: hee setteth Iacob in the first place, and yet Esau was the elder brother: what is the reason of this? Answer. We must knowe that the Scripture vseth a three-fold order in the naming of persons:
1. The order of Nature: as when the first borne is put first. And thus Davids sons are numbered according to their age; first, Ammon, then Daniel, the third Absalom, &c. 1. Chronicles 3.1.2.3.
1. The order of Nature: as when the first borne is put first. And thus Dauids sonnes are numbred according to their age; first, Ammon, then Daniell, the third Absolon, &c. 1. Chronicles 3.1.2.3.
2. The order of dignity, when as those are put in the first place, not which are the eldest, but which are best and most in GODS favour. This order the holy Ghost useth in naming Noah's sons, Genesis 5. verse 31: saying, Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth; when as Japheth was eldest, and by order of nature, should have been put first: yet with Shem GOD continued the covenant.