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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, the holy Ghost teacheth us,1 that whosoever committeth sin (and liveth therein without repentance) the same is the servant of sin. Now sin is but the bawd or broker to the devil: they that are the servants of sin, sin prefers them to the devil, and so they become his servants: therefore whosoever is the servant of sin, is by that means the slave and servant of the devil also. Which if it be true, it will fall out upon the reckoning, that the devil hath more servants in the world then God hath: which is so much the more lamentable, in as much as he deludeth all his servants, and is not able to reward them, nor to give them any good thing.
Againe, the holy Ghost teacheth vs,1 that whosoeuer committeth sinne (and liueth therein without repentance) the same is the seruant of sinne. Now sinne is but the bawde or broker to the diuell: they that are the seruants of sin, sinne preferres them to the diuell, and so they become his seruants: therefore whosoeuer is the seruant of sinne, is by that meanes the slaue and seruant of the diuell also. Which if it be true, it will fall out vpon the reckoning, that the diuell hath more seruants in the world then God hath: which is so much the more lamentable, in as much as he deludeth all his seruants, and is not able to reward them, nor to giue them any good thing.
But will some say, this is nothing so: for contrariwise, who have the honours, pleasures, and wealth of this life, who have hearts ease and the world at will, but such men? I answer: True, it is commonly so; but have they those from Satan? No, not the least of them all, but all ⟨p. 98⟩from God: for every man is Gods child by creation, and some by grace, to every one of his children he ordains and gives a portion: but to his children by grace a double portion; both here, and in heaven. The wicked men, they will not fear nor serve him; therefore they have no part nor portion in heaven, but here they have it: So saith David; there are some men, which are men of this world, and have their portion in this life: