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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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Fourthly, seeing God is a rewarder of them that seek him: here is a comfortable encouragement against two great impediments, which hinder many a man from serving God.
Fourthly, seeing God is a rewarder of them that seeke him: here is a comfortable encouragement against two great impediments, which hinder many a man from seruing God.
First, to seek God is but a matter of mockery to profane men: for, let a man set his face to Jerusalem, there are presently Samaritans, which for that cause will hate and mock him: Let a man set his heart to seek God, by hearing the word more carefully, praying to God, instructing his family, or keeping the Sabaoth more carefully then afore, and forthwith he is the laughing stock, and the byword to profane men: but lo, here is comfort; The God whom thou seekest will reward thee, and that so richly, that thou wilt think thy self well recompensed, both for thy service and their mocks. In this world men care not who think or speak evil of them, so the Prince like them: and shall it not encourage us to seek God, though the world mock us? seeing so doing we please God, and so far do please him as he will highly reward us? Those therefore, that fall from religion for those mockers, it appears they seek not to please God, but men.
First, to seeke God is but a matter of mockerie to profane men: for, let a man set his face to Ierusalem, there are presently Samaritanes, which for that cause will hate and mocke him: Let a man set his heart to seeke God, by hearing the word more carefully, praying to God, instructing his family, or keeping the Sabbaoth more carefully then afore, and forthwith he is the laughing stocke, and the byword to profane men: but loe, here is comfort; The God whom thou seekest will reward thee, and that so richly, that thou wilt thinke thy selfe well recompenced, both for thy seruice and their mockes. In this world men care not who thinke or speake euill of them, so the Prince like them: and shall it not encourage vs to seeke God, though the world mocke vs? seeing so doing we please God, and so farre doe please him as he will highly reward vs? Those therefore, that fall from religion for those mockers, it appeares they seeke not to please God, but men.