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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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Question. How then did Christ merit at Gods hands? Answer. Partly by means of Gods promise made in the Law, which was this; Do this, and thou shalt live: but properly and chiefly, because he was not a mere man only, but (withal) true and very God: for, because his obedience both in his life and death (though performed in his manhood) was the obedience of him that was God and man, even from the infinite excellency of the person whose it is, it becomes meritorious. In his manhood, he obeyed the Law, and suffered for our sins: but the dignity thereof came from his Godhead; for, he that did these works for us, was both God and man.
Question. How then did Christ merit at Gods hands? Answere. Partly by meanes of Gods promise made in the Law, which was this; Doe this, and thou shalt liue: but properly and chiefely, because hee was not a meere man onely, but (withall) true and very God: for, because his obedience both in his life and death (though performed in his manhoode) was the obedience of him that was God and man, euen from the infinite excellencie of the person whose it is, it becomes meritorious. In his manhood, hee obayed the Law, and suffered for our sinnes: but the dignity thereof came from his Godhead; for, hee that did these workes for vs, was both God and man.
Now, if Christ considered as man only cannot merit: then much less can any other man merit at Gods hands. And therefore Moses, though he were a worthy man, yet because he was but a man, and a sinful man also, he could not by any work deserve life everlasting at Gods hands.
Now, if Christ considered as man onely cannot merit: then much lesse can any other man merite at Gods hands. And therefore Moses, though hee were a worthy man, yet because hee was but a man, and a sinnefull man also, he could not by any worke deserue life euerlasting at Gods hands.