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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
The Faith of the Judges and David.The Faith of the Iudges and Dauid.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
VERSE 33, 34, 35. Which th•ough faith subdued Kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of Lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in battle, turned to flight the Armies of the Aliens. The women received their dead raised to life.
VERSE 33, 34, 35. Which th•ough faith subdued Kingdoms, wrought righteousnesse, obtained the promises, stopped the mouthes of Lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weake were made strong, waxed valiant in battell, turned to flight the Armies of the Aliants. The women receiued their dead raised to life.
IN these words, the Apostle propounds unto us ten several fruits of faith: the nine first whereof, are the particular actions of the parties spoken of in the former verse; and they are here related for the commendation of their faith. The first is, Subduing of Kingdoms; which serves chiefly for the commendation of the faith of the four Judges there named, and of David. For, as we may read in the books of Judges, and of Samuel, all these subdued Kingdoms; as, the Canaanites, Judg. 4. the Midianites, Judg. 6. the Philistines, Judg. 15. and 16. 2. Sam. 8.1. the Ammonites, Judg. 11. Moabites, & Aramites, 2. Sam. 8.2.6. ⟨p. 503⟩Now, how did they overcome and subdue them? The Text saith, by faith; which, we must not not thus understand; as though only by the very act of faith they subdued kingdoms: But, the meaning of the holy Ghost is, that they believed the promises which God made unto them, of delivering these kingdoms into their hands; and according to their faith, God accomplished his promises unto them: and so they subdued Kingdoms by faith.