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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
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You will say: thus Adam & Eve learned of God; but how came this to Cain & Abel. I answer: When they had been thus instructed of God, Adam as a faithful servant of God, taught the same religion, and delivered the same doctrine to his children: and by it they were taught, what, to whom, and in what manner to offer sacrifice. And thus they did it neither by Scripture, nor revelation, nor their own invention, but by the instruction of their Parents.
You wil say: thus Adam & Eue learned of God; but how came this to Cain & Abell. I answer: When they had beene thus instructed of God, Adam as a faithfull seruant of God, taught the same religion, and deliuered the same doctrine to his children: and by it they were taught, what, to whom, and in what manner to offer sacrifice. And thus they did it neither by Scripture, nor reuelation, nor their own inuention, but by the instruction of their Parents.
Hence let all Parents learn a lesson of Adam, the first parent that was in the world: namely, to procure the good of their children: he nurtured his children excellently: 1. He provided for them till they came to age. 2. Then he left them not, but appointed them their callings: For one was a husbandman, and the other a Shepherd. 3. Not thus only, but he taught them to worship the true God, both in their callings, & in the practice of religion: and therefore he taught them to offer sacrifice in way of thankfulness unto God: all this did Adam.
Hence let all Parents learne a lesson of Adam, the first parent that was in the world: namely, to procure the good of their children: he nourtered his children excellently: 1. He prouided for them til they came to age. 2. Then he left them not, but appointed them their callings: For one was a husbandman, and the other a Shepheard. 3. Not thus onely, but he taught them to worship the true God, both in their callings, & in the practice of religion: and therefore he taught them to offer sacrifice in way of thankfulnesse vnto God: all this did Adam.