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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
God giving testimony
God giuing testimonie
What testimony it was that God gave of Abel and his gift, it is not expressed in the word; and so it is not certain: but it is very likely▪ that when he & Cain offered, God in special mercy sent fire from heaven, and burnt up Abel's sacrifice, but not Cains: for so it pleased the Lord often ⟨p. 53⟩afterward when he would show that he accepted any man, or his work, he answered them by fire from heaven. So he burnt up the first sacrifice that Aaron offered▪ Levit. 9.24. So he answered Solomon, 2. Chron. 7.1. And so Elijah. 2. Kings, 18.28. And so it is likely that he gave this testimony that he accepted Abel and his offering. This was a great prerogative that Abel and the Fathers in the old testament had. We have not this, but we have a greater; for we have that that is the substance, and truth, and body of this: For we have also the fire of God, that is, his spirit comes down into our hearts every day: not visibly, but spiritually, and burns up, in the heart of a believer his sins and corruptions, and lights the light of true faith, that shall never be put out.
What testimonie it was that God gaue of Abell and his gift, it is not expressed in the word; and so it is not certaine: but it is very likely▪ that whē he & Cain offred, God in speciall mercy sent fire from heauen, and burnt vp Abels sacrifice, but not Cains: for so it pleased the Lord often ⟨p. 53⟩