A09376:1531
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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Answer. If we read the Story, we shall find that she came to believe, by a report of Gods marvellous acts:1 for, when the Lord delivered the Israelites out of Egypt through the red sea, and drowned Pharaoh therein with all his •oast▪ as they went further, he delivered the Kings of the Nations into their hands: as, Og the King of Bashan, with the Kings of the Amorites and Amalekites.
Answere. If wee reade the Storie, wee shall finde that shee came to beleeue, by a report of Gods meruailous acts:1 for, when the Lord deliuered the Israelites out of Egypt through the red sea, and drowned Pharaoh therein with all his •oast▪ as they went further, he deliuered the Kings of the Nations into their hands: as, Og the King of Baashan, with the Kings of the Amorites and Amalekites.
Now, the report hereof came to the people of Jericho: whereupon they were stricken with a wonderful great fear▪ And howsoever the men of Jericho made no other ⟨p. 478⟩use of it, but to arm and prepare themselves to resist and beat back the Israelites: yet this report wrought further with Rahab; and therefore she came to the Spies, whom she had received, and hid upon the roof of her house, & there confessed the God of Israel to be the true God, in heaven above,