A09376:1492
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 2. circumstance is, concerning the time when they passed through; even, then when the Egyptians assaying to do the same, were drowned. Mark the words; for the thing is strange. The Egyptians come armed after the Israelites, with a huge great Army. Now, the Israelites they take into the sea; and the Egyptians seeing them, stand not still upon the bank, but adventure after them, not by ship, but the same way that the Israelites took before them: but yet without any warrant or commandment from God: so great was their malice against them; & yet a man would have thought they durst never have adventured into the sea after them, especially as they did.
The 2. circumstance is, concerning the time when they passed through; euen, then when the Egyptians assaying to doe the same, were drowned. Marke the words; for the thing is strange. The Egyptians come armed after the Israelites, with a huge great Armie. Now, the Israelites they take into the sea; and the Egyptians seeing them, stand not still vpon the banke, but aduenture after them, not by ship, but the same way that the Israelites tooke before them: but yet without any warrant or commaundement from God: so great was their malice against them; & yet a man would haue thought they durst neuer haue aduentured into the sea after them, especially as they did.
Here, by this fact of Pharaoh & his men, we learn, that when God forsakes a man, and leaves him to himself, he doth nothing else but run headlong to his own destruction. God (as Moses saith) raised up Pharaoh to show his power upon him: and now it pleaseth God to leave him to himself, and he pursueth the Israelites to his own destruction. And this is the course and state of all those that are forsaken of God▪ The consideration whereof must teach us a special clause to be used of us in our prayers: we must ever remember to pray for this, That God would never wholly forsake us, nor cast us off. This condition is more fearful than the estate and condition of any creature in the world besides: for when God forsakes a man; all that he doth, is hastening himself to his own destruction. David knew this well, and therefore he prays, Oh, knit my heart unto thee, that I may fear thy name,