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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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IN this verse, the spirit of God proceedeth to another example of Moses faith: and hereto also in the verse following, he addeth a third. Now he is thus large in the commendation of his faith, for this end; to persuade the Hebrews, to whom this Epistle is sent, that they were not ⟨p. 421⟩to look for any Justification by the works of the Law: and his reason is; because if any man could be justified by the works of the Law, it must be Moses, who gave the Law to the people from the Lord, and did excel in obedience to both Tables, and therefore is a renowned Prophet unto all posterity in special favour with God, Numb. 12.7.8. But Moses could not be justified by the works of the Law; for here the holy Ghost proves, that Moses was justified & saved by faith. The thing that commends Moses and makes him stand before God, is not his works, but his faith: and therefore the conclusion is; that as Moses was not justified by his works but by faith, no more must they stand upon their works to be justified thereby, but labour for such faith as Moses had. Now, this faith of Moses is a true saving faith, founded on these two promises of God: 1. On this great & main promise made to Abraham, I will be thy God and the God of thy seed: 2. On another particular promise rising from the general, made unto him when he was called to fetch the Israelites out of bondage; which was this; I will be with thee and guide thee. 1And in this place Moses is said to have faith, not only because he believed that God would be his God, as he was the God of all Abraham's seed; but because he believed particularly that God would be his God, & defend and be with him in the deliverance of the Israelites out of Egypt.
IN this verse, the spirit of God proceedeth to another example of Moses faith: and heereto also in the verse following, hee addeth a third. Now hee is thus large in the commendation of his faith, for this end; to perswade the Hebrewes, to whom this Epistle is sent, that they were not ⟨p. 421⟩to looke for any Iustification by the workes of the Law: and his reason is; because if any man could be iustified by the workes of the Law, it must be Moses, who gaue the Law to the people from the Lord, and did excell in obedience to both Tables, and therefore is a renowmed Prophet vnto all posterity in speciall fauour with God,