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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 then this practice of the great God of heaven, First of all, teach the great ones of this world to be willing to be ⟨p. 89⟩found when they are sought unto: thereby shall they honour themselves▪ and cheer up the hearts of their people, who seek unto them. And again, it may be a rich comfort to the poor ones of this earth: who, when they see they must long look, and wait, and pray, and pay, and seek the face and favour of great men, and cannot find; may then remember, yet they have a God, who will not shut the door upon them, will not turn away, will not keep secret, will not fear them away with a rough answer, or a sower look, but hath this honourable and princely grace, He will be found of them that seek him.
Let then this practice of the great God of heauen, First of all, teach the great ones of this world to be willing to be ⟨p. 89⟩found when they are sought vnto: thereby shall they honour themselues▪ and cheere vp the hearts of their people, who seeke vnto them. And againe, it may be a rich comfort to the poore ones of this earth: who, when they see they must long looke, and waite, and pray, and pay, and seeke the face and fauour of great men, and cannot finde; may then remember, yet they haue a God, who will not shut the dore vpon them, will not turne away, will not keepe secret, will not feare them away with a rough answer, or a sower looke, but hath this honourable and princely grace, He wil be found of them that seeke him.
Secondly, he rewardeth them that seek him, by bestowing his love and favour on them: not only he, but his favour shall be found of all that seek him. It is Gods favour that Gods children seek, and his favour they shall be sure to find. This is no small reward unto them: for in this world a man thinks he hath enough if he have the Princes favour. And therefore it was the common phrase in old time: Let me find grace or favour in the eyes of my Lord the King. So speak Gods children unto the Lord. It is not wealth nor honours we seek-for at Gods hand; but let us find favour in the eyes of the Lord our God: and so they do, what-ever they find in this world.