A09376:1539
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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Thirdly, this confuteth our ignorant boasters, who say, they have as much knowledge as any man needs to have: for, they know, that a man must love God above all; &, that Christ Jesus is the Saviour of the world: & this (say they) is enough; and hereupon they take up their rest for matters of religion, & seek to go no further. But these men know nothing at all: for, if they would ad to this which they know, though it be but little, a care to increase in knowledge, & with their knowledge join obedience, then it were something. ⟨p. 482⟩But whiles they have no care neither to get more knowledge, nor to show forth obedience to that they know, they do hereby show plainly, that there is no drop of saving knowledge, nor true faith in their hearts.
Thirdly, this confuteth our ignorant boasters, who say, they haue as much knowledge as any man needs to haue: for, they knowe, that a man must loue God aboue all; &, that Christ Iesus is the Sauiour of the world: & this (say they) is enough; and hereupon they take vp their rest for matters of religion, & seek to go no further. But these men know nothing at all: for, if they would ad to this which they know, though it be but little, a care to encrease in knowledge, & with their knowledge ioin obediēce, thē it were somthing. ⟨p. 482⟩But whiles they haue no care neither to get more knowledge, nor to shew forth obedience to that they knowe, they do heereby shew plainly, that there is no drop of sauing knowledge, nor true faith in their hearts.
Fourthly, seeing God commends the seeds of true faith, for true faith indeed; This must encourage all men to use all good means to come by true faith and repentance. For though as yet thou hast but little knowledge, and therefore but little faith and repentance: yet if thou join hereto an endeavour to get more knowledge, and have also care to practice that which thou knowest; then will the Lord increase thy knowledge and thy small faith, till thou have sufficient, and in the mean time accept of thee as a true believer. And thus much for the measure of Rahabs faith.