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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.
The circumstances to be considered in the hiding of Moses, are four: 1. The time when he was hid: the Text saith, When he was borne. Moses (as we said) must be afterward a notable servant, and a worthy instrument of GOD, whereby he would work the deliverance of his people, out of the bondage of Egypt: and yet we see, he is fain to be hid so soon as he is borne.
The circumstances to be considered in the hiding of Moses, are foure: 1. The time when hee was hid: the Text saith, When hee was borne. Moses (as wee saide) must be afterward a notable seruant, and a worthy instrument of GOD, whereby hee would worke the deliuerance of his people, out of the bondage of Egypt: and yet we see, he is faine to be hid so soone as he is borne.
Hence we learn; that those that be the servants of GOD, and are in special favour with him, must look for trouble and affliction in this life, from the cradle to the grave, from the day of their birth, to the hour of their death. Moses is in danger of his life by Pharaoh, so soon as he is borne. And so was our Saviour Christ by ⟨p. 387⟩Herod, when he was but a babe: whereupon his Parents fled with him into Egypt for his safety. And answerable to their infancy was the rest of their life; full of danger, full of trouble: And as it was with them, so is it with others; 2. Timothy, chapter 3. verse 12; He that will live godly must suffer persecution: and he that will be Christs Disciple, must take up his Cross every day and follow him, Luke 9.23.
Hence wee learne; that those that be the seruants of GOD, and are in speciall fauour with him, must looke for trouble and affliction in this life, from the cradle to the graue, from the day of their birth, to the houre of their death. Moses is in danger of his life by Pharaoh, so soone as hee is borne. And so was our Sauiour Christ by ⟨p. 387⟩