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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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Further, where it is said, the first borne; we must understand it of the first borne among the Egyptians, both of man and beast. And whereas he saith, should touch them; he meaneth the Israelites, who were not touched in this destruction.
Further, where it is said, the first borne; wee must vnderstand it of the first borne among the Egyptians, both of man and beast. And whereas he saith, should touch them; he meaneth the Israelites, who were not touched in this destruction.
Hence we learn two points further. 1 The first borne of Egypt are destroyed, both of man and beasts. This is markeable: for the Egyptians in former times destroyed the Israelites children, and especially their first borne; for they slew all the males, lest they should increase in their land: and now it comes to pass, that their children, even the principal of them, their first borne are slain for the Israelites sake; and when they are preserved. Where we may observe a most righteous, and yet an usual kind of judgement with God. He doth often punish the wicked in their kind, with their own sins: This is true even in ⟨p. 447⟩the best, so far forth as they are sinful. The same injury which David did to Uriah, was done unto him, by his own son, even by his son Absalom, 2. Sam. 10. v. 10, 11. and 16.22. And this, our Saviour Christ teacheth us, saying; (Math. 7.1.) Judge not, that ye be not judged. We find this true likewise by experience: they that give themselves to back-biting, railing, & slandering, by the just judgement of God, have for the most part the same done unto themselves by others; so that men are often punished in their own sins. For, God hath his store-house full of judgements, and he can punish men what way he will. But he oft observeth this order, to punish men by their own sins, and to catch the wicked in their own devises.