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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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But some will say, We walk in this way. I answer; He, that walketh in a way, may be traced by his steps: so then, show your steps of holiness, of devotion, of charity, &c. these must show your faith: leave these steps behind you, and then your faith is good. Thus did holy Abel: believe thou it, ⟨p. 50⟩acknowledge it, and follow thou after him: and renounce all by paths which the Papists, or thy own brain imagineth. Let this one doctrine sink into thy heart in stead of many, and let not the devil strake it out. For, if thou walk in this way, my soul for thine it will bring thee to heaven: if not, at the last day this doctrine will condemn thee, because it showed thee this way, and thou wouldest not walk in it.
But some wil say, We walke in this way. I answer; He, that walketh in a way, may be traced by his steps: so then, shew your steps of holinesse, of deuotiō, of charity, &c. these must shew your faith: leaue these steps behinde you, and then your faith is good. Thus did holy Abell: beleeue thou it, ⟨p. 50⟩acknowledge it, and follow thou after him: and renounce all by paths which the Papists, or thy own braine imagineth. Let this one doctrine sinke into thy heart in steade of many, and let not the diuell strake it out. For, if thou walke in this way, my soule for thine it will bring thee to heauen: if not, at the last day this doctrine will condemne thee, because it shewed thee this way, and thou wouldest not walke in it.
Secondly, observe: He saith, Abel was approved and accepted of God. How proves he that? Because his works pleased God: as who say, his works cannot please God, unless his person do: therefore in that his works do, thence he concludeth that his person did: it is the reason of the holy Ghost, and therefore infallible.
Secondly, obserue: He saith, Abell was approued and accepted of God. How proues hee that? Because his workes pleased God: as who say, his workes cannot please God, vnlesse his person do: therfore in that his works do, thence he concludeth that his person did: it is the reason of the holy Ghost, and therefore infallible.