A09376:1448
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.
Touching this description: first, I call it one of the Sacraments of the old Test: because they had beside this, Circumcision, another ordinary Sacrament. Next I say, It served for a sign to the people of Israel, to show that it was properly a sacrament unto them For, it is of the nature of a sacrament, to signify & seal up some blessing of God to his people: now that the Pass-over did so, is plain, where the Lord calls it a sign or token of deliverance unto them. But some will say, this Pass-over was a sacrifice: for so it is called, This is the sacrifice of the Lords Pass-over. And, Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, &c. 1Ans. It is called a sacrifice, because it was killed,2 also the blood thereof was sprinkled,3 & some parts of it as the fat with the two kidneys were burnt in sacrifice to the Lord. For, when Josiah kept that famous Pass-over with all the people, the Priests that slew the Pass-over, and sprinkled the blood thereof, did first take away that which was to be consumed with fire, 4and then gave to the people according to the divisions of their families as Moses appointed. Now, in regard of these properties of a sacrifice which were in the Pass-over, it is truly called a sacrifice. And yet more properly it was a Sacrament, because it was a visible sign of special blessings from the Lord.
Touching this description: first, I call it one of the Sacraments of the old Test: because they had beside this, Circumcision, another ordinary Sacrament. Next I say, It serued for a signe to the people of Israel, to shew that it was properly a sacrament vnto them For, it is of the nature of a sacrament, to signifie & seale vp some blessing of God to his people: now that the Passe-ouer did so, is plaine, where the Lord calls it a signe or token of deliuerance vnto them. But som will say, this Passe-ouer was a sacrifice: for so it is called, This is the sacrifice of the Lords Passe-ouer. And, Thou shalt not offer the bloud of my sacrifice with leauened bread, &c. 1Ans. It is called a sacrifice, because it was killed,