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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 circumstance is, the manner of their going through the red sea: they went through as on dry land. This must not be conceived to be, by help of bridge or ship, nor by means which men use, as swimming, failing, or wading; but their passage was miraculous: for, the waters stood like walls on both sides of them. And the channel of the sea was as a pavement or dry land; Exod. 14.22. which notably setteth forth the strangeness of this fact, showing that it was a wonderful work of God. And this also confuteth certain enemies of the Scripture, who have cavilled at all the miracles which are recorded therein: accounting of Moses but as a Magician and Sorcerer, & of the miracles which he did, as of illusions: and for this miracle they make no account of it; for (say they) Moses being a great scholar, and a wise man, knew the time of the rise and fall of the waters, & knew the fords and shallow places: therefore he took his time, and found a place so shallow, that when the tide was past, the sands were bare & dry (as the marshes in England are) and then he led the host of Israel through. But Pharaoh & his host following them, were drowned, because they went through at the flowing of the sea? Ans. Whereas they say that this their passage was no miracle, here we see it is overthrown by this circumstance of the manner of their passing over: for, the bottom of the sea was as a pavement, & as ground on which no waters fall. Now, in most places of the sea, where the waters ebb and flow, the ground is never fully dry, but watery and full of moist places.
The first circumstance is, the manner of their going through the red sea: they went through as on dry land. This must not be conceiued to be, by help of bridge or shippe, nor by meanes which men vse, as swimming, failing, or wading; but their passage was miraculous: for, the waters stood like walls on both sides of them. And the channel of the sea was as a pauement or dry land; Exod. 14.22. which notably setteth forth the strangenesse of this fact, shewing that it was a wonderfull work of God. And this also confuteth certaine enemies of the Scripture, who haue cauilled at all the miracles which are recorded therein: accounting of Moses but as a Magician and Sorcerer, & of the miracles which he did, as of illusions: and for this miracle they make no account of it; for (say they) Moses being a great scholler, and a wise man, knew the time of the rise and fall of the waters, & knew the fords and shallowe places: therfore he took his time, and found a place so shallow, that when the tide was past, the sands were bare & dry (as the marshes in England are) and then he led the hoast of Israell through. But Pharaoh & his hoast following them, were drowned, because they went through at the flowing of the sea? Ans. Whereas they say that this their passage was no miracle, heere we see it is ouerthrowen by this circumstance of the maner of their passing ouer: for, the bottom of the sea was as a pauement, & as ground on which no waters fal. Now, in most places of the sea, where the waters ebb and flowe, the ground is neuer fully dry, but watery and full of moist places.