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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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Secondly, as it falls out with faith, so it is with the rest of Gods graces: look as faith is not perfect, but mixed with unbelief, so are all other graces of God whatsoever. The fear of GOD is not perfect in a man nor the love of God: for, the fear of GOD is mingled with the fear of men; and the fear of GOD for his mercy, is mingled with the fear of GOD for his judgements. And hereby many are deceived; for when they fear GOD for his punishments, they think themselves to be most miserable and void of grace: but they deceive themselves. For there is no man upon the earth that feareth GOD only for his mercies, and doth not fear GOD also for his punishments in part; for Gods graces in this life are ever mingled with their contraries. And therefore to imagine that a man may fear GOD for his mercies only, and not for judgements also, is to conceive of such a man as none is, nor can be in this life; for the best fear that is in any man living, is a mixed fear.
Secondly, as it falls out with faith, so it is with the rest of Gods graces: looke as faith is not perfect, but mixed with vnbeliefe, so are all other graces of God whatsoeuer. The feare of GOD is not perfect in a man nor the loue of God: for, the feare of GOD is mingled with the feare of men; and the feare of GOD for his mercy, is mingled with the feare of GOD for his iudgements. And heereby many are deceiued; for when they feare GOD for his punishments, they thinke themselues to be most miserable and voyde of grace: but they deceiue themselues. For there is no man vpon the earth that feareth GOD onely for his mercies, and doth not feare GOD also for his punishments in part; for Gods graces in this life are euer mingled with their contraries. And therfore to imagine that a man may feare GOD for his mercies onely, and not for iudgements also, is to conceiue of such a man as none is, nor can be in this life; for the best feare that is in any man liuing, is a mixt feare.
Further, when Moses had spoken words of comfort unto them, the unbelieving and fearful Israelites, do stir up their hearts to believe. So we accordingly must labour and strive against that in-bred unbelief which is in us: for every man hath innumerable sins in him that resist faith; and if they be not checked and suppressed, they will master his faith: but he that would have faith