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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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To come particularly to this fact. By faith, Moses forsook Egypt. Moses departed from Egypt twice: First, when he had slain the Egyptian, and fled from Pharaoh unto Midian, and there kept Jethroes sheep. Secondly, forty years after when he led the people of Israel out of Egypt into the Land of Canaan: and here some make it a question, whether of these departures is meant in this place. Answer. It is most like, that this place is to be understood of his second departure, rather than of the first: And the reason is taken out of Exodus, Chapter the second, verses 14, 15. Where we find that the ⟨p. 422⟩first time, he fled for fear: for, so soon as he heard that his slaughter of the Egyptian was known to Pharaoh, he fled in such fear, as that he durst not return again, of 40. years. Now, these words are not to be understood of such a flight: for here it is said, He departed, not fearing the Kings wrath or fierceness.
To come particularly to this fact. By faith, Moses forsooke Egypt. Moses departed from Egypt twise: First, when hee had slaine the Egyptian, and fled from Pharaoh vnto Midian, and there kept Iethroes sheepe. Secondly, fourty yeares after when hee led the people of Israell out of Egypt into the Land of Canaan: and heere some make it a question, whether of these departures is meant in this place. Answere. It is most like, that this place is to be vnderstoode of his second departure, rather than of the first: And the reason is taken out of Exodus, Chapter the second, verses 14, 15. Where wee finde that the ⟨p. 422⟩first time, he fled for feare: for, so soone as he heard that his slaughter of the Egyptian was knowen to Pharaoh, he fled in such feare, as that hee durst not returne againe, of 40. yeares. Now, these words are not to be vnderstoode of such a flight: for here it is said, Hee departed, not fearing the Kings wrath or fiercenesse.
Here some will say, This is no commendation: for, malefactors and rebels do fly their Country? Answer. They fly indeed, yet not in faith, but in fear. Moses fled in faith: and hereby his faith is commended, that he fled, not fearing the King. But malefactors fly for fear of due punishment. Moses departed with courage and boldness, and therefore fled not as a malefactor: for he feared not the King, as appeareth plainly in the History; for, though Pharaoh had said unto him,