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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Moses Faith.
VERSE 23. By faith, Moses when▪ he was borne, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; neither feared they the kings commandment.
VERSE 23. By faith, Moses when▪ he was borne, was hid three moneths of his parents, because they saw he was a proper childe; neither feared they the kings commandement.
IN this verse the holy Ghost proceedeth further, and setteth down unto us a notable and worthy example of the faith of Moses parents. If we would see the history at large, we must read the 2. Chapter of Exodus; of which, these words are an abridgement, or brief Epitome. Now, here the faith of Moses parents is commended unto us by two notable actions: 1 The hiding of Moses their child when he was borne; 2 Their courage and boldness in that action; in not fearing the Kings commandment. Of their hiding of him, we will first entreat generally, and ⟨p. 385⟩then come to the circumstances thereof. In general, Their hiding of the child was this: They kept him close, and unknown to the Egyptians for three months space; because the King had given commandment and charge to all his people, that they should drown every man-child born among the Hebrews.