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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.
By the word of God.
The third point is, by what means? The Text answereth: the world was ordained in that excellent order, by the word of God. By this word is meant, 1. Not any vocal word, as if the Lord should speak unto the creatures: Nor secondly, the substantial word of the Father, the second person: although I confess that by him were made all things. 1Yet I take it, it is not so meant in this place: but rather as Moses doth, Gen. 1. when he saith that in the creation God said: It is in both places a comparison taken from a Prince, who bids his servants do this, and they do it presently. The Lord in this place is like a Prince, he hath his word whereby he commanded the world to be made. That word, I take it, is his will: for, Gods willing of any thing is an effectual commanding of it to be done: yea, it is the doing of it: for his willing of a thing to be, is more then all the commandments of all men in the world. For if he do but will it, the thing is done what ever it be: whereas all the world may command, and yet it is no nearer. From hence, I take it this is manifest to be the surest sense for this place; God willed the being of all creatures, and according as he willed, they presently were: and that his will was his word here mentioned.
The third point is, by what means? The Text answereth: the world was ordained in that excellent order, by the word of God. By this word is meant, 1. Not any vocall word, as if the Lord should speake vnto the creatures: Nor secondly, the substantiall word of the Father, the second person: although I confesse that by him were made all things. 1Yet I take it, it is not so meant in this place: but rather as Moses doth, Gen. 1. when he saith that in the creation God said: It is in both places a comparison taken from a Prince, who bids his seruants doe this, and they doe it presently. The Lord in this place is like a Prince, he hath his word whereby he commaunded the world to be made. That word, I take it, is his will: for, Gods willing of any thing is an effectuall commaunding of it to be done: yea, it is the doing of it: for his willing of a thing to be, is more then all the commaundements of all men in the world. For if he doe but will it, the thing is done what euer it be: whereas all the world may commaund, and yet it is no neerer. From hence, I take it this is manifest to be the surest sense for this place; God willed the being of all creatures, and according as he willed, they presently were: and that his will was his word here mentioned.