A09376:1507
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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Lastly, here we may learn, what a vain thing it is to trust in outward worldly means. The walls of Jericho were both strong and high, and hard it had been to have overthrown them by ordinary means: but yet we see, it proved but a vain thing to trust unto them, as the men of Jericho did; for, they found but little relief and defence in them: for, the Lord lays them flat to the ground;1 and so the people of Israel went straight forward and took the City. So likewise it is a vain thing to trust to mans strength, or in the strength of an horse, or in the number of men, or in riches, or in gifts of wisdom and learning, or in any other outward ordinary means whatsoever: the reason is, because God can overturn them with the least breath of his mouth.
Lastly, heere wee may learne, what a vaine thing it is to trust in outward worldly meanes. The walls of Iericho were both strong and high, and hard it had beene to haue ouerthrowen them by ordinary meanes: but yet we see, it proued but a vaine thing to trust vnto them, as the men of Iericho did; for, they found but little reliefe and defence in them: for, the Lord layes them flat to the ground;1 and so the people of Israell went straight forward and tooke the Citie. So likewise it is a vaine thing to trust to mans strength, or in the strength of an horse, or in the number of men, or in riches, or in gifts of wisedome and learning, or in any other outward ordinary meanes whatsoeuer: the reason is, because God can ouerturne them with the least breath of his mouth.
This must admonish us, that howsoever, we use ordinary means of our preservation and help, yet ever we must cast our whole care on GOD, and put all our confidence in him for help and safety: for, without him all other outward means are nothing but vain helps; For, vain is the help of man. And thus much for the fact it self.