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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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The first borne: that is, both of men and beasts. So it is in the Story, Exod. 12.29. But being so, it may not unfitly be demanded, How this Pass-over could be a Sacrament, when as even the beasts of the Israelites had benefit by it; for, they were spared by reason of this sprinkling of the blood of the Paschal Lamb? Answer. That hindereth not why it should not be a Sacrament. For, we must consider this Pass-over two ways: First, as a means of temporal deliverance; and so the beasts had benefit by it. Secondly, as a sign and seal of our spiritual deliverance from hell by the sacrifice of the Lamb of God Jesus Christ, which is the thing signified; and so it is a Sacrament for mans salvation: and thus the beasts had no benefit by it. The water that flowed from the rock in the wilderness,1 was a Sacrament, and the beasts drank of the water, but yet they did not partake of the Lords Sacrament: for, we must consider that water two ways; first, as a means to quench thirst, and consequently as an outward benefit to preserve the life of the creature, & so the beasts had a benefit by it: but consider it as a sign & seal of the water of life, and so their beasts had no benefit by it, but only the believing people.
The first borne: that is, both of men and beasts. So it is in the Story, Exod. 12.29. But being so, it may not vnfitly be demaunded, How this Passe-ouer could be a Sacrament, when as euen the beasts of the Israelites had benefit by it; for, they were spared by reason of this sprinkling of the blood of the Paschall Lamb? Answer. That hindreth not why it should not be a Sacrament. For, wee must consider this Passe-ouer two wayes: First, as a meanes of temporall deliuerance; and so the beasts had benefit by it. Secondly, as a signe and seale of our spirituall deliuerance from hell by the sacrifice of the Lamb of God Iesus Christ, which is the thing signified; and so it is a Sacrament for mans saluation: and thus the beasts had no benefit by it. The water that flowed from the rock in the wildernesse,1 was a Sacrament, and the beasts drank of the water, but yet they did not partake of the Lords Sacrament: for, wee must consider that water two wayes; first, as a meanes to quench thirst, and consequently as an outward benefit to preserue the life of the creature, & so the beasts had a benefit by it: but cōsider it as a signe & seale of the water of life, and so their beasts had no benefit by it, but onely the belieuing people.