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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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Let this teach us not to rest in wealth, beauty, strength, honour, humane learning, nor all these put together without the fear of God: for some of them may please thy self, and some may please other men; but God must be pleased afore thou come in heaven, if thou wert as good as Enoch. Therefore unto all thy outward blessings add ⟨p. 67⟩this, To please God by faith and repentance. Then as thy pleasing of men may make thee happy in this world: so thy pleasing of God, shall translate thee from earth to heaven.
Let this teach vs not to rest in wealth, beauty, strength, honour, humane learning, nor all these put together without the feare of God: for some of them may please thy selfe, and some may please other men; but God must bee pleased afore thou come in heauen, if thou wert as good as Henoch. Therefore vnto all thy outward blessings adde ⟨p. 67⟩this, To please God by faith and repentance. Then as thy pleasing of men may make thee happy in this world: so thy pleasing of God, shall translate thee from earth to heauen.
Thus we see, Enoch before he was translated pleased God.
Thus wee see, Henoch before hee was translated pleased God.
Secondly, as he pleased God, and else could not have been translated; so it is added, he was so reported of, or there was such a testimony of him. That proof or testimony is here concealed; but it is recorded in the story of Genesis, where it is said Enoch walked with God: which, as we heard before, was an assured testimony that God was well pleased with him.