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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.
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Ob. 1. But to defend their opinion, they object some places of scripture; as Mat. 5.39, Resist not evil, saith Christ: therefore (say they) a man may not wear a weapon, nor use a sword; lest those make him to resist, and so to break this commandment ⟨p. 504⟩of Christ. Ans. That place must be understood of private revenge: and so it maketh nothing against lawful war. For, what though a private man may not revenge himself, nor make war; yet that hindereth not, but that a Magistrate who bears the sword, may lawfully use it. Again, it is frivolous to imagine, that resisting is only by a weapon; for, the chief resistance that God respecteth, is in the heart and affection. And a private man may resist▪ that is break this commandment by unlawful resistance, though he carry no weapon: and, the public person break it not, though he make war.
Ob. 1. But to defend their opiniō, they obiect som places of scripture; as Mat. 5.39, Resist not euill, saith Christ: therefore (say they) a man may not wear a weapon, nor vse a sword; lest those make him to resist, and so to breake this commandement ⟨p. 504⟩of Christ. Ans. That place must bee vnderstood of priuat reuenge: and so it maketh nothing against lawfull warre. For, what though a priuate man may not reuenge himselfe, nor make warre; yet that hindereth not, but that a Magistrate who beares the sword, may lawfully vse it. Againe, it is friuolous to imagine, that resisting is onely by a weapon; for, the chiefe resistance that God respecteth, is in the heart and affection. And a priuat man may resist▪ that is breake this commandement by vnlawful resistance, though he carry no weapon: and, the publike person breake it not, though he make warre.