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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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First, that there is a life everlasting prepared of God for his children, wherein they shall live for ever both in soul & body; for hereof hath God given us most evident testimonies, both here in Enoch, and afterward in Elijah: Elijah a Jew,1 Enoch none: Enoch in the first world, Elijah in the second: Enoch before the flood, Elijah after: Enoch uncircumcised, Elijah circumcised: Enoch married, Elijah unmarried: and both were assumed into heaven in soul and body, and are there to this day, and tarry for us till the end of the world; assuring us that our souls live for ever: & that our bodies, though they die, shall rise again to life. Here therefore we have a notable ground for that last (but not the least) article of our faith, where we profess to believe life everlasting.
First, that there is a life euerlasting prepared of God for his children, wherein they shall liue for euer both in soule & body; for hereof hath God giuen vs most euident testimonies, both here in Enoch, and afterward in Elias: Elias a Iew,1 Enoch none: Enoch in the first world, Elias in the second: Enoch before the flood, Elias after: Enoch vncircumcised, Elias circumcised: Enoch married, Elias vnmarried: and both were assumed into heauen in soule and body, and are there to this day, and tarry for vs till the ende of the world; assuring vs that our soules liue for euer: & that our bodies, thogh they die, shall rise againe to life. Here therefore wee haue a notable ground for that last (but not the least) article of our faith, where we professe to belieue life euerlasting.
- 12. Kings.
Secondly, in this example we learn, that God is not tied to the order of Nature. The order which God established & set down concerning all men after Adams fall is this: Dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return. 1