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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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3. To all Christians. Abel offered the best: it teacheth us all, if we will profess and serve God, not to do it by the halves; or for show and fashion sake, or negligently as not caring how. Thus to do, is but to offer the sacrifice of Cain, and that makes the most professors go away with their service unaccepted as Cains was: for God will have all or none, he is worthy to have no partner: he must be served with all the heart, with soul and body, so that a man must consecrate himself wholly unto him. 2. Kings. 23.25, It is the special commendation of good King Josiah, That he turned unto the Lord with all his heart, and soul, and might: and for that, he is preferred afore all Kings afore or after him: not that Josiah could fulfil the law perfectly, as it required; but it is meant of the endeavour of his heart and life, by which he strove with all his might to serve God as well as he could: his example is ours.
3. To all Christians. Abell offred the best: it teacheth vs all, if wee will professe and serue God, not to doe it by the halfes; or for shew and fashion sake, or negligently as not caring how. Thus to do, is but to offer the sacrifice of Cain, and that makes the most professors goe away with their seruice vnaccepted as Cains was: for God will haue all or none, he is worthy to haue no partner: hee must be serued with all the heart, with soule and body, so that a man must consecrate himselfe wholly vnto him. 2. Kings. 23.25, It is the speciall commendation of good King Iosias, That hee turned vnto the Lord with all his heart, and soule, and might: and for that, hee is preferred afore all Kings afore or after him: not that Iosias could fulfill the lawe perfectly, as it required; but it is meant of the endeuour of his heart and life, by which he straue with all his might to serue God as well as he could: his exsample is ours.
We profess religion, we must look that our hearts affect it: we profess a turning from sin, we must take heed it be not formal, and from the lips, but from the heart. So, when we practice any duty of religion, whether we pray or