A09376:1755
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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when the minister (by occasion out of Gods word) shall confute, either error in judgement, or misdemeanour in life; then, men that hear, and are guilty thereof, should say, This is mine error, or my fault; now am I confuted, or reproved. And God (no doubt) if men would thus do, would make it effectual unto them at the length. But, in stead of this applying to our selves (either through our own corruption, or Satan's suggestion, or both) we shift it from our selves, and say, Now he reproves such a one, and such a one; and speaks against such, and such: and indeed, Satan (by his good will) would never have a man to apply the word rightly to himself. Therefore, seeing Satan is so busy, and this is his deceit, to make a man shift off an exhortation or reproof from himself, and to lay it on others; we must be as careful to apply it to our selves, and to lay it to our own consciences: and then (no doubt) we shall find it to be a word of power, able to reform both the misdemeanour of our lives, and the errors of our minds.
when the minister (by occasion out of Gods word) shall confute, either errour in iudgement, or misdemeanour in life; then, men that heare, and are guilty thereof, should say, This is mine errour, or my fault; now am I confuted, or reproued. And God (no doubt) if men would thus do, would make it effectuall vnto them at the length. But, in stead of this applying to our selues (either through our owne corruption, or Satans suggestion, or both) we shift it from our selues, and say, Now hee reprooues such a one, and such a one; and speakes against such, and such: and indeed, Satan (by his good will) would neuer haue a man to apply the word rightly to himselfe. Therefore, seeing Satan is so busie, and this is his deceit, to make a man shift off an exhortation or reproofe from himselfe, and to lay it on others; wee must be as carefull to apply it to our selues, and to lay it to our owne consciences: and then (no doubt) we shall finde it to be a word of power, able to reforme both the misdemeanour of our liues, and the errours of our mindes.
Now, to the reason more particularly. We must be constant ⟨p. 576⟩