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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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1. Faith is an evidence, &c. That is, Faith so convinceth the mind, understanding, and judgement, as that it cannot but must needs, yea it compelleth it, by force of reasons unanswerable, to believe the promises of God certainly.
1. Faith is an euidence, &c. That is, Faith so conuinceth the minde, vnderstanding, and iudgement, as that it cannot but must needes, yea it compelleth it, by force of reasons vnanswerable, to beleeue the promises of God certainly.
2. It is an evidence: that is, whereas life everlasting and all other things hoped for are invisible, and were never seen of any believer since the world began: this saving faith hath this power and property, to take that thing in it self invisible, and never yet seen, and so lively to represent it to the heart of the believer, and to the eye of his mind, as that after a sort he presently seeth and enjoyeth that invisible thing, and rejoiceth in that sight, and enjoying of it: and so the judg•ment is not only convinced, that such a thing shall come to pass, though it be yet to come: but the mind (as far as Gods word hath revealed, and as it is able) conceives of that thing, as being really present to the view of it.
2. It is an euidence: that is, whereas life euerlasting and all other things hoped for are inuisible, and were neuer seen of any beleeuer since the world began: this sauing faith hath this power and property, to take that thing in it selfe inuisible, and neuer yet seene, and so liuely to represent it to the heart of the beleeuer, and to the eye of his mind, as that after a sort he presently seeth and enioyeth that inuisible thing, and reioyceth in that sight, and enioying of it: and so the iudg•ment is not onely conuinced, that such a thing shall come to passe, though it be yet to come: but the minde (as farre as Gods word hath reueald, and as it is able) conceiues of that thing, as being really present to the view of it.