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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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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;1 It is in vaine to serue God (and what profit is there that we haue kept his Commaundements?) are heere conuinced to be liers against the truth.
Then seeing it is so, let this admonish us all to seek and serve God, in all truth and sincerity, knowing we serve him who will reward it. Nothing more encourageth a man to serve his Lord and King, then to see that his pains are regarded, and his service rewarded; nor more discourageth a man then the contrary. If therefore God did ever forget any that served him; let us bestow service elsewhere, and think him unworthy to be sought to: but if, contrariwise, he never forgot, nor deceived, nor disappointed any that served him; then is he most worthy ⟨p. 92⟩