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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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3. The order of History, when as one that is first or chief in dignity, is placed last, because his History begins in the last place. So our Saviour Christ is mentioned last in the Genealogy made by Saint Matthew;1 because his History began in the last place, though in dignity he were first and principal. To apply this to our purpose: The order which the holy Ghost here useth, is not the order of History, nor of Nature, but of dignity; because Jacob was chief in the favour of GOD, therefore the holy Ghost putteth him in the first place.
3. The order of Historie, when as one that is first or chief in dignitie, is placed last, because his Historie begins in the last place. So our Sauiour Christ is mentioned last in the Genealogie made by Saint Matthew;1 because his Historie began in the last place, though in dignitie hee were first and principall. To apply this to our purpose: The order which the holy Ghost heere vseth, is not the order of Historie, nor of Nature, but of dignitie; because Iacob was chiefe in the fauour of GOD, therefore the holy Ghost putteth him in the first place.
- 1Math. 1.
Here then we see in this order of dignity, that the first blessing (of life everlasting) belongs to Jacob: Esau must have his blessing, but in the second place.
Heere then wee see in this order of dignitie, that the first blessing (of life euerlasting) belongs to Iacob: Esau must haue his blessing, but in the second place.