A09376:1575
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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Here then we have a notable precedent of the manner of Gods working true and sound faith in the hearts of his children. They receive not this grace at once: but, by degrees, God works it in them by little and little. When a man is first called of GOD, he hath much doubting and fear; but then God sends sundry helps to weaken this fear and doubting: and as they decrease, so is faith increased. No man believes soundly at the first, but weakly; even as he grows in years, so he must grow in faith: and the increase of our faith is by continuance in the means, and by experience of Gods love and favour. And indeed the more faith increaseth, the more we use the means to grow therein, and the more we delight in the means; and at length, after long experience of Gods mercy, we shall have wrought in our hearts this gift of true & lively faith, which shall be able to prevail against all fear and doubting. And thus much for the person of Gideon.
Here then we haue a notable precedent of the manner of Gods working true and sound faith in the hearts of his children. They receiue not this grace at once: but, by degrees, God works it in them by little and little. When a man is first called of GOD, hee hath much doubting and feare; but then God sends sundry helpes to weaken this feare and doubting: and as they decrease, so is faith encreased. No man beleeues soundly at the first, but weakely; euen as he growes in yeares, so he must grow in faith: and the encrease of our faith is by continuance in the meanes, and by experience of Gods loue and fauour. And indeed the more faith encreaseth, the more wee vse the meanes to grow therein, and the more we delight in the meanes; and at length, after long experience of Gods mercy, wee shall haue wrought in our hearts this gift of true & liuely faith, which shall be able to preuaile against all feare and doubting. And thus much for the person of Gedeon.
The second person commended unto us, is Barak; of whom we may read, Judges 4. His Story is large and plain enough: and therefore we will not stand upon it.
The second person commended vnto vs, is Barac; of whom wee may reade,