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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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It sufficeth not for him to teach by vocal Sermons, that is, by good doctrine▪ but withal by real Sermons, that is, by good life: His faith, his zeal, his patience, his mercy and all other his virtues must speak, and cry, & call to other men to be like unto him: which if he practice carefully in his life as Abel did, then shall his virtues speak for him to all posterities when he is dead.
It sufficeth not for him to teach by vocall Sermons, that is, by good doctrine▪ but withall by reall Sermons, that is, by good life: His faith, his zeale, his patience, his mercy and all other his vertues must speake, and cry, & call to other men to be like vnto him: which if he practice carefully in his life as Abell did, then shall his vertues speake for him to all posterities when he is dead.
Again, Abel though dead, may be said to speak, because ⟨p. 59⟩howsoever his body be dead, yet in soul and spirit he liveth with God in heaven. And thus the word speaketh may be understood, because it is here opposed to death: by which he being dead, yet speaketh: that is, being dead in body, yet liveth in soul: which life with God, was obtained unto by his true and saving faith.
Againe, Abell though dead, may be said to speake, because ⟨p. 59⟩howsoeuer his body be dead, yet in soule and spirit hee liueth with God in heauen. And thus the word speaketh may be vnderstoode, because it is here opposed to death: by which he being dead, yet speaketh: that is, being dead in body, yet liueth in soule: which life with God, was obtained vnto by his true and sauing faith.