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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.
Fourthly, the Law was only committed and published to one nation and people: but the Gospel is spread and preached to all the world.
Fourthly, the Law was onely committed and published to one nation and people: but the Gospell is spred and preached to all the world.
And lastly, the Church in the old Testament believed in Christ to come: but, now the Church believes in Christ, which is already come & exhibited: in all which respects, the Church in the new Testament doth exceed the Church of the old.
And lastly, the Church in the olde Testament beleeued in Christ to come: but, now the Church beleeues in Christ, which is already come & exhibited: in all which respects, the Church in the new Testament doth exceed the Church of the olde.
Now, where the Text saith, God provided a better thing for us, we must not understand it of all these prerogatives, but only of the first and last, touching the actual exhibiting of Christ in the flesh: as Christ also imports, Luke 10.23, 24, Blessed are the eyes which see that ye see; for, I tell you, many Prophets and Kings have desired to see those things ye see, and have not seen them: Which things we must understand of the incarnation of Christ. And that this is such a prerogative to the new Testament, appeareth by old Simeon, who when he had seen Christ in the Temple, as it was promised to him, sang unto God this song (Luke 2.29) Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word; for, mine eyes have seen thy salvation: as if he should say, I have now Lord lived long enough; let me now depart in peace, seeing now I have seen thy Christ my Saviour (where we see he makes it a matter of full contentment unto his soul) which the believers under the Law saw not.