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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 second fact of Josephs faith is this▪ He gave commandment concerning his bones. The meaning thereof is this: that Joseph lying on his death bed, gave a solemn charge to his brethren, to have special care how and where they buried him; that his bones might not be lost, but so preserved while they stayed in Egypt, that at their departure they might be carried into the land of Canaan, & there buried in the sepulchre of his fathers. The causes why Joseph gave this commandment were these: 1 Hereby to testify unto his brethren & posterity, that howsoever he lived a long ⟨p. 382⟩time in the pomp and glory of Egypt, yet his heart was never set thereon; but he had a greater delight, and more esteemed to be counted a true member of the Church of God, than to be a noble prince in the Land of Egypt. For, if he had loved and liked the pomp of Egypt, he would have had his sepulchre among them; but, giving commandment to the contrary, it showeth plainly, that his heart was never set on that glory and pomp in which he lived.
The second fact of Iosephs faith is this▪ He gaue commandement concerning his bones. The meaning thereof is this: that Ioseph lying on his death bed, gaue a solemne charge to his brethren, to haue speciall care how and where they buried him; that his bones might not be lost, but so preserued while they staied in Egypt, that at their departure they might be carried into the land of Canaan, & there buried in the sepulchre of his fathers. The causes why Ioseph gaue this commandement were these: 1 Hereby to testifie vnto his brethren & posterity, that howsoeuer he liued a long ⟨p. 382⟩time in the pompe and glory of Egypt, yet his heart was neuer set thereon; but hee had a greater delight, and more esteemed to bee counted a true member of the Church of God, than to be a noble prince in the Land of Egypt. For, if hee had loued and liked the pompe of Egypt, hee would haue had his sepulchre among them; but, giuing commandement to the contrary, it sheweth plainely, that his heart was neuer set on that glory and pompe in which he liued.