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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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Secondly, sacrifices served to put the•• in mind of the Messiah to come: and the slaying of the beasts showed them how the Messiah should shed his blood, & give his life for the •ir•s of the people▪ These are the 2. principal ends of sacrifices, & for these 2. ends did Cain & Abel offer; Cain in hypocrisy ⟨p. 44⟩and for fashion sake: Abel in truth, conscience, and sincerity.
Secondly, sacrifices serued to put the•• in minde of the Messias to come: and the slaying of the beasts shewed them how the Messias should shed his bloud, & giue his life for the •ir•s of the people▪ These are the 2. principal ends of sacrifices, & for these 2. ends did Cain & Abel offer; Cain in hypocrisie ⟨p. 44⟩and for fashion sake: Abell in truth, conscience, and sinceritie.
As it was in the old sacrifices, so is it in our Sacraments of the new Testament: whereof, the sacrifices were all types: 1. In baptism, sprinkling of the water, serves to show us how filthily we are defiled with our own sins.
As it was in the old sacrifices, so is it in our Sacraments of the new Testament: whereof, the sacrifices were all types: 1. In baptisme, sprinkling of the water, serues to shewe vs how filthily we are defiled with our owne sinnes.