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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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for that only can make thy works accepted: if not, then though thou labour never so much to be approved in the world, & set never so glorious a show upon thy works to the eyes of men, they are all abominable sins in the sight of God: and at the day of judgement they shall go for no better. Preach, and teach all thy life long; nay, give thy life to die for religion: Give all thy goods to the poor, deprive thy flesh of all delights: build Churches, Colleges, Bridges, High-ways, &c. and there may come a poor shepherd, and for his keeping of his sheep be accepted, when thou with all this pomp of outward holiness, mayest be rejected. And why this? only because he had faith, & thou hast none; his person was justified before God, and thine is not. Therefore let this be my counsel, from Abel: Labour not so much to work glorious works; as that which thou doest, do it in faith. Faith makes the meanest work accepted; and want of faith makes the most glorious work rejected: for so faith the Text. Abel must be accepted, else his sacrifice is not. Thus we see Abel was just, and God so accounted him. The second point is, That God gave testimony he was so: In these words.
for that onely can make thy workes accepted: if not, then though thou labour neuer so much to be approued in the world, & set neuer so glorious a shew vpon thy workes to the eyes of men, they are all abhominable sinnes in the sight of God: and at the day of iudgement they shall goe for no better. Preach, and teach all thy life long; nay, giue thy life to die for religion: Giue all thy goods to the poore, depriue thy flesh of all delights: build Churches, Colledges, Bridges, High-wayes, &c. and there may come a poore shepheard, and for his keeping of his sheepe be accepted, when thou with all this pompe of outward holinesse, maist be reiected. And why this? only because he had faith, & thou hast none; his person was iustified before God, and thine is not. Therefore let this be my counsell, from Abell: Labour not so much to worke glorious workes; as that which thou doest, doe it in faith. Faith makes the meanest worke accepted; and want of faith makes the most glorious worke reiected: for so faith the Text. Abell must be accepted, else his sacrifice is not. Thus wee see Abell was iust, and God so accounted him. The second point is, That God gaue testimonie hee was so: In these words.