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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
Believers under the Maccabees.Beleeuers vnder the Maccabees.
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.
and therefore our Saviour Christ saith, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the son of man; so that every day we deserve a new flood: but yet the Lord stays the execution of his judgements for a time, that his elect may be gathered and converted. And so soon as that is done, heaven and earth shall go together; and God will not stay one moment, for all the world besides. So that every nation and people in the world have benefit by Gods children; because for their sakes doth the Lord stay his wrath, and defer his judgements, even the great judgement of fire, wherewith the world shall be consumed at the last day. These things the world should take notice of, as well to move them to repentance of their sins, whereby they are made unworthy the presence of a godly man, as also to persuade them to better behaviour, and carriage towards the godly by whom they are so many ways blessed.
and therfore our Sauiour Christ saith, as it was in the dayes of Noah, so shall it be in the dayes of the sonne of man; so that euery day we deserue a new floud: but yet the Lord stayes the execution of his iudgements for a time, that his elect may bee gathered and conuerted. And so soone as that is done, heauen and earth shall goe together; and God will not stay one moment, for all the world besides. So that euery nation and people in the world haue benefit by Gods children; because for their sakes doth the Lord stay his wrath, and deferre his iudgements, euen the great iudgement of fire, wherewith the world shall be consumed at the last day. These things the world should take notice of, as well to moue them to repentance of their sinnes, whereby they are made vnworthy the presence of a godly man, as also to perswade them to better behauiour, and cariage towards the godly by whom they are so many wayes blessed.
The holy Ghost addeth, that they wandered in wilderness▪ and mountains, and dons, and Caves of the earth. These were desolate places, and not inhabited: and yet for the wickedness of the world, GOD will have these beleever• here to wander. We must not think, that they betook themselves voluntarily to this solitary life; but only upon necessity being constrained by persecution to fly into the wilderness, for the saving of their lives, and the keeping a good conscience.