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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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2.34, there is mention made of a stone hewen out of a rock without hands, which smote the image upon the feet, which were of iron & clay, & brake them to pieces. By that stone, is meant the kingdom of Christ, which shall dash in pieces the kingdoms of the earth, which set themselves against Christ, and his kingdom. For, Christ must reign till he have put all his enemies under his feet: so that destruction is the end of the enemies of Gods Church. For, the hand of the Lord shall be known among his servants, and his indignation against his enemies, Isay, 66.14. And thus much of the 2. circumstance.
2.34, there is mention made of a stone hewen out of a rocke without hands, which smote the image vpon the feete, which were of yron & clay, & brake them to peeces. By that stone, is meant the kingdom of Christ, which shall dash in peeces the kingdomes of the earth, which set themselues against Christ, and his kingdome. For, Christ must raigne till hee haue put all his enemies vnder his feete: so that destruction is the ende of the enemies of Gods Church. For, the hand of the Lord shall bee knowen among his seruants, and his indignation against his enemies, Isay, 66.14. And thus much of the 2. circumstance.
Now, in this whole fact of the Israelites passing thorough the red sea, towards the Land of Canaan, there is a notable thing signified; namely, Baptism. So Paul saith, The Israelites were baptized unto Moses in the sea, 1. Cor. 10.2. Yet we must remember, it was not ordinary Baptism, but extraordinary; never administered before, and never shall be so again, for ought we know. The Minister of this Baptism, was Moses; an extraordinary Minister, as the Baptism was extraordinary. The outward sign was the red sea; or rather, the water of the read sea. The departing of the children of Israel out of Egypt thorough the read sea, signifieth the departing of the children of GOD out of the kingdom of darkness, from the power of sin and Satan. And the drowning of Pharaoh, with all his host in the read sea, signified the subduing of the power of all spiritual enemies, with the pardon and death of sin; which stands partly in the abolishing of sin, and partly in newness of life. And to this alludeth the Prophet Micah, saying; He will subdue our iniquities, and cast all their sins into the bottom of the sea: