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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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But when words of sense are spoken to the ear, the understanding mind doth therewith apprehend the thing spoken of. And even so the mind of the discerning receiver doth inwardly apprehend the thing signified, and apply it to his soul, when the sacramental sign is presented to the outward sense. And this conjunction ariseth not from the nature either of the sign, or the thing signified; but from the institution of the Lord. The meaning then of the holy Ghost here is this, That Moses by faith did ordain and appoint the killing and eating of the Paschal Lamb, which was the sign of the passing over of the Lords Angel, when the first borne in Egypt were slain.
But when words of sense are spoken to the eare, the vnderstanding mind doth therwith apprehend the thing spoken of. And euen so the minde of the discerning receiuer doth inwardly apprehēd the thing signified, and apply it to his soule, when the sacramentall sign is presented to the outward sense. And this cōiunction ariseth not from the nature either of the signe, or the thing signified; but frō the institution of the Lord. The meaning then of the holy Ghost here is this, That Moses by faith did ordaine and appoint the killing and eating of the Paschall Lamb, which was the sign of the passing ouer of the Lords Angell, when the first borne in Egypt were slaine.
It followeth: And effusion of blood; that is, the sprinkling of the blood of the Paschal Lamb; which was a notable rite & ceremony used in this first Pass-over, after this manner: The blood of every Lamb was put into a basin, & sprinkled with a bunch of Hyssop upon the door posts of every ⟨p. 436⟩mans house among the Jews. Now this rite did not continue always, but was peculiar & proper to this first pass-over kept in Egypt at the institution thereof; being then practiced (but not after) in regard of that special deliverance then at hand, whereof it was an assurance: for it signified unto them, that the Angel of the Lord, coming to destroy the first born of Egypt, & seeing that blood so sprinkled, should pass over their houses, and touch none of their first borne, of man nor beast. This end of the sprinkling of this blood, is here likewise set down in these words; Lest he that destroyed the first born should touch them. He: that is, the Angel of the Lord, who was sent to destroy the first born throughout all Egypt both of man and beast, save only of those who had their door posts sprinkled with blood. And thus much for the meaning of the words.