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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. Here observe, that among the causes of the change & overthrow of Townes, Cities, & Kingdoms, this is one; namely, faith in Gods promises. Many men have written of the change of Kingdoms, & do give divers reasons thereof: But most of them omit the principal, and that is faith; by virtue whereof many times Kingdoms and Townes are brought to ruin and overthrow. God promised to Abraham & to his seed, that he would give them the land of Canaan for their inheritance: now, they believed this promise, & here we see it comes to pass as they believed; Jericho by faith is overturned & the rest of their Cities, & the people of Canaan dispossessed. So that we see, faith in Gods promises, is a means to Gods people, to overturn cities & kingdoms, ⟨p. 466⟩that are enemies to Christ and to his Gospel. God hath made a promise unto his Church, that the whore of Babylon, Revel. 18.2, that is, the Kingdom of Antichrist shall flourish for a while, but after it shall be destroyed; yea, such a ruin shall come unto it, that the Kings of the earth, and all great men and Merchants shall bewail the destruction thereof. Now, this promise being received by faith, and believed of Gods Church, shall undoubtedly come to pass. It is in some part verified already (for we see, some Kingdoms and people have renounced the cursed Doctrine and tyranny of Rome; and many Christian Princes have already shaken off the Popes yoke) yea, and this promise shall come to pass daily more and more. Let all the Kings of that sort do what they can, and let the people set themselves never so much against Gods Church, yet Babylon shall down: for, God hath promised so to his Church, and his Church believeth the same; and therefore by their faith it shall be brought to pass, in despite of the devil.
2. Here obserue, that among the causes of the change & ouerthrowe of Townes, Cities, & Kingdomes, this is one; namely, faith in Gods promises. Many men haue written of the change of Kingdoms, & do giue diuers reasons therof: But most of them omit the principall, and that is faith; by vertue whereof many times Kingdomes and Townes are brought to ruine and ouerthrow. God promised to Abraham & to his seed, that he would giue thē the land of Canaan for their inheritance: now, they beleeued this promise, & heere wee see it comes to passe as they beleeued; Iericho by faith is ouerturned & the rest of their Cities, & the people of Canaā dispossessed. So that we see, faith in Gods promises, is a means to Gods people, to ouerturn cities & kingdoms,