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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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Faith in the word of God is specially of three sorts Historical, Miraculous, Justifying or saving faith.
Faith in the word of God is specially of three sorts Historicall, Miraculous, Iustifying or sauing faith.
1. Historical faith, is not only a knowledge of the word, but an assent of the heart to the truth of it: and this faith is general not only to all men, good and bad, but even to the devils themselves: James. 2.19. Thou believest there is one God, thou doest well: the devils also believe it & tremble. Now he that will believe out of the Scripture there is one God, he will believe historically any thing in the Scriptures.
1. Historicall faith, is not only a knowledge of the word, but an assent of the heart to the truth of it: and this faith is generall not onely to all men, good and bad, but euen to the diuels thēselues: Iames. 2.19. Thou beleeuest there is one God, thou doest well: the diuels also beleeue it & tremble. Now he that will beleeue out of the Scripture there is one God, he will beleeue historically any thing in the Scriptures.
2. Miraculous, or the faith of miracles: which is, An inward persuasion of the heart, wrought by some special instinct of the holy Ghost in some man, whereby he is truly persuaded, that God will use him as an instrument for the working of some miracles: this also is general, both to elect and reprobate, Judas had it with the rest of the Apostles.