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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.
Now, as we said before, this fore-sight in God includes his decree and ordination: for, therefore did these things so come to pass, because God ordained them. Whereby we see, that Gods prescience of fore-knowledge is not idle, but operative, and joined with his will: for, Math. 10.29, 30, an hair cannot fall from our head; nor a sparrow light upon the ground, without his will. As all things in time come to pass; so God before all worlds willed, that is, decreed and appointed them. And, under this large extent of Gods will or decree, we must include the sinful actions of men: for, God doth not barely foresee them, but decree the being of them, and so will them after a sort; though not to be done by himself, yet by others. When Judas betrayed Christ, and Pilate with the wicked Jews condemned and reviled him, they sinned grievously; & yet herein, they did nothing, but that which Gods hand and counsel had determined before to be done.
Now, as we said before, this fore-sight in God includes his decree and ordination: for, therefore did these things so come to passe, because God ordained them. Whereby we see, that Gods prescience of fore-knowledge is not idle, but operatiue, and ioyned with his will: for, Math. 10.29, 30, an haire cannot fall from our head; nor a sparrow light vpon the ground, without his will. As all things in time come to passe; so God before all worlds willed, that is, decreed and appointed them. And, vnder this large extent of Gods will or decree, wee must include the sinnefull actions of men: for, God doth not barely foresee them, but decree the beeing of them, and so will them after a sort; though not to be done by himselfe, yet by others. When Iudas betrayed Christ, and Pilate with the wicked Iewes condemned and reuiled him, they sinned grieuously; & yet herein, they did nothing, but that which Gods hand and counsell had determined before to be done.
This point well considered, confutes their opinion, who indeed enlarge Gods prescience or fore knowledge over all things, both good and evil; but yet exclude sin from without the compass of his decree and ordination. But, here we see, Gods foresight includes his decree; and