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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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Behold, the Church of God is the school of Christ: & if a man have lived long therein (as twenty, or forty years) and yet be no wiser in religion, than a young child; is it not a shame unto him? and shall we not condemn him of great negligence? Wherefore, let all aged persons ⟨p. 399⟩here learn their duty; which is, to grow to ripeness in spiritual wisdom, that so their age may be to them a crown of glory, being found in the way of righteousness, Prou. 16.31.
Behold, the Church of God is the schoole of Christ: & if a man haue liued long therein (as twentie, or fourtie yeares) and yet be no wiser in religion, than a yong child; is it not a shame vnto him? and shall wee not condemne him of great negligence? Wherefore, let all aged persons ⟨p. 399⟩here learne their duty; which is, to growe to ripenesse in spirituall wisdome, that so their age may be to them a crowne of glory, beeing found in the way of righteousnesse, Prou. 16.31.
VERSE 25. And chose rather to suffer adversities with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.
VERSE 25. And chose rather to suffer aduersities with the people of God, than to enioy the pleasures of sinne for a season.
The meaning of these words is this: Moses cast with himself, that if he should yield to become heir to Pharaohs daughter, he must live with her, and please her in all things, and so altogether leave Gods Church, and people, and gods holy religion; which thing to do, he abhorred in his heart: and withal, he must leave and lose the eternal blessedness of Gods children, for the honours, & sinful pleasures of the Court, which were but momentany. These things considered, he chooseth rather to be in affliction and misery with the people of God, than upon these conditions, to live in Pharaohs Court, & to become his daughters son and heir.