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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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wherein God hath showed himself mighty against our sins: But Gods hand would not be seen nor acknowledged, but only nature and natural causes. But let England take heed, that God send not a plague so general and so grievous, that even the most profane men, even the sorcerers of Egypt (if they were here) do acknowledge that it is the finger of God; and so give God that due reverence, which in his ordinary visitations he hath not. Thus we see the ground whence this reverence in Noah sprang; namely, his faith.
wherein God hath shewed himselfe mighty against our sinnes: But Gods hand would not be seene nor acknowledged, but onely nature and naturall causes. But let England take heede, that God send not a plague so generall and so greeuous, that euen the most profane men, euen the sorcerers of Egypt (if they were here) doe acknowledge that it is the finger of God; and so giue God that due reuerence, which in his ordinary visitations he hath not. Thus wee see the ground whence this reuerence in Noah sprang; namely, his faith.
Now let us see the occasions or considerations in Noah's heart, that made him fear. The ground whereupon he feared, was true faith; for else he had not been capable of any fear or reverence of God: but the occasions which stirred up this fear in him, were some things else.
Now let vs see the occasions or considerations in Noahs heart, that made him feare. The ground wherupon he feared, was true faith; for else he had not beene capable of any feare or reuerence of God: but the occasions which stirred vp this feare in him, were some things else.
Now if we look to humane reasons, Noah had no cause at all to fear as he did. For first, the Judgement was far off; 120. years after: and common reason saith, its folly to fear any thing so far off; but its time enough to fear, when it is near at hand. Again, he was one single man, and the world was full of wise and mighty men: they all heard of it, yet none of them feared; therefore their example might prevail with him, to keep him from fear, and to make him secure and carelese with the rest: for examples are strong, especially when they are so general.