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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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Again, if God reward none but them that seek him: here appears the reason why so many Papists die in our religion, and (with us) cleave to Christs merits alone, when they come to die; because their conscience then tells them, that by their pilgrimages, relics, will-worships, and many more of their courses (ordinary in Popery) they did never seek God, but themselves & their own honour, gain, and credit; and full well knew they that there is no reward due for such service: and therefore by their practice they make it a true saying, that It is good living a Papist, but dying a Protestant.
Againe, if God reward none but them that seeke him: here appeares the reason why so many Papists die in our religion, and (with vs) cleaue to Christes merits alone, when they come to die; because their conscience then tells them, that by their pilgrimages, reliques, will-worships, and manie more of their courses (ordinarie in Poperie) they did neuer seeke God, but themselues & their owne honour, gaine, and credite; and full well knew they that there is no reward due for such seruice: and therefore by their practice they make it a true saying, that It is good liuing a Papist, but dying a Protestant.
Secondly, if God be a rewarder of them that seek him: Then we see, it is most true which the Apostle saith; It is not in vain to serve God, 1. Cor. 15.58. for God is a rewarder of them that seek and serve him. Therefore the Atheist and profane men of this world (who say;1 It is in vain to serve God (and what profit is there that we have kept his Commandments?) are here convinced to be liars against the truth.
Secondly, if God be a rewarder of them that seeke him: Then wee see, it is most true which the Apostle saith; It is not in vaine to serue God, 1. Cor. 15.58. for God is a rewarder of them that seeke and serue him. Therefore the Atheist and profane men of this world (who say;