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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Justification, standing in the remission of sins. 2. Sanctification in this life. 3. The perfection and accomplishment of our sanctification after this life. 4. The Resurrection of the body, and reuniting it with the soul. 5. Glorification of body and soul. 6. Life everlasting, and glory with God in heaven.
1. Iustification, standing in the remission of sinnes. 2. Sanctification in this life. 3. The perfection and accomplishment of our sanctification after this life. 4. The Resurrection of the body, and revniting it with the soule. 5. Glorification of body and soule. 6. Life euerlasting, and glory with God in heauen.
These they saw not with the eye of the body, neither do we: yet they hoped for them, and so do we: they had no being in themselves to them, neither have they as yet to us: but this true saving faith gave to them, gives to us, and will give ⟨p. 5⟩to every believer, whilst the world lasteth, such a certain assurance of them, that they seem present to us, and we seem presently to enjoy them: we cannot enjoy any of them fully; but saving Faith hath this power, to give them all a present being in our hearts, and us such a real possession of them, as greatly delighteth a Christian soul: insomuch, as the feeling of the sweetness of this glory, though it be to come, overwhelmeth the feeling of a worldly misery, though it be present.
These they saw not with the eye of the body, neither do we: yet they hoped for them, and so do we: they had no being in themselues to them, neither haue they as yet to vs: but this true sauing faith gaue to them, giues to vs, and will giue ⟨p. 5⟩to euery beleeuer, whilst the world lasteth, such a certaine assurance of them, that they seeme present to vs, and we seeme presently to enioy them: we cannot enioy any of them fully; but sauing Faith hath this power, to giue them all a present being in our hearts, and vs such a real possession of them, as greatly delighteth a Christian soule: insomuch, as the feeling of the sweetnesse of this glory, though it be to come, ouerwhelmeth the feeling of a worldly misery, though it be present.