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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 fact is set down in the first words; By faith they passed through the red sea. The words are plain of themselves; and offer unto us sundry points worthy our observation. And first, it may be asked, who they were that here passed through, by faith? The answer is, the Israelites. 1But some will say, we read in the History, that when the people came to the red sea, they were wonderfully afraid, and murmured against Moses; saying, That it had been better for them to have lived in the bondage of Egypt, then to come into the Desert and there die. Now, how can they murmur impatiently and fearfully, and yet pass through by faith? Answer. At the first indeed they murmured, when they saw the danger they were in, having the huge Army of Pharaoh following them, and the red sea before them, and hills and mountains on each side. But howsoever they murmured at the first, yet when Moses spake words of comfort unto them in the name of the Lord, bidding them not to be afraid, &c; and when he held up his rod, and entered into the red sea before them, then they followed him by faith: and hereupon the holy Ghost gives unto them the title of true believers.
The fact is set downe in the first words; By faith they passed through the red sea. The words are plaine of themselues; and offer vnto vs sundry points worthy our obseruation. And first, it may be asked, who they were that heere passed through, by faith? The answere is, the Israelites. 1But some will say, wee reade in the Historie, that when the people came to the red sea, they were wonderfully afraide, and murmured against Moses; saying, That it had beene better for them to haue liued in the bondage of Egypt, then to come into the Desart and there die. Now, how can they murmure impatiently and fearefully, and yet passe through by faith? Answere. At the first indeede they murmured, when they saw the danger they were in, hauing the huge Armie of Pharaoh following them, and the red sea before them, and hills and mountaines on each side. But howsoeuer they murmured at the first, yet when Moses spake words of comfort vnto them in the name of the Lord, bidding them not to be afraid, &c; and when he held vp his rod, and entred into the red sea before them, then they followed him by faith: and heereupon the holy Ghost giues vnto them the title of true beleeuers.