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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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First, that this is more proper to Prophets, and holy Ministers of God, then to ordinary Christians.
Secondly, that it was more ordinary in the old testament, then now in the days of the Gospel. If any object, Then the state of the Church afore Christ, was better then it is now under Christ;
Secondly, that it was more ordinary in the old testament, then now in the dayes of the Gospell. If any obiect, Then the state of the Church afore Christ, was better then it is now vnder Christ;
I answer: Not so; for first, we are recompensed by having the Scriptures perfect, and complete, which they had not: and by having the substance of their shadows, and the performance of their promises: in which respects our state is far more excellent then theirs. And secondly, for this particular, I answer, they indeed had more ordinary revelation of matters personal and private, and not directly touching salvation: but of such things as are general, and do necessarily concern salvation; we in the time of the new Testament, have more evident demonstration, and more full revelation, then they had afore Christ. For example, particular mercies to some faithful men, or particular judgements on Gods enemies, whether particular men or whole kingdoms, were after revealed to godly men, in those days (as here to Noah): but salvation by the Messiah, and the manner how the Messiah should save his Church, is more fully and plainly revealed now then in those days.
I answere: Not so; for first, we are recompenced by hauing the Scriptures perfect, and complete, which they had not: and by hauing the substance of their shadowes, and the performance of their promises: in which respects our state is farre more excellent then theirs. And secondly, for this particular, I answere, they indeede had more ordinarie reuelation of matters personall and priuate, and not directly touching saluation: but of such things as are generall, and doe necessarily concerne saluation; wee in the time of the new Testament, haue more euident demonstration, and more full reuelation, then they had afore Christ. For exsample, particular mercies to some faithfull men, or particular iudgements on Gods enemies, whether particular men or whole kingdomes, were after reuealed to godly men, in those dayes (as here to Noah): but saluation by the Messias, and the manner how the Messias should saue his Church, is more fully and plainly reuealed now then in those dayes.