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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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Let us apply this to our Church and State. If any Nation have cause to say thus, it is England. God hath delivered us out of the thraldom of spiritual Egypt, and led us out: not by a Moses, but first by a child, then by a woman, and given us his Gospel, more fully, and freely, and quietly, then any kingdom so great in the world; and still delivereth us from the cursed plots of the Pope, and tyrannous invasions of the Spaniard, who thought to have marked us in the foreheads with the brand of infamy, and to have done to us as they have done to other nations whom they have conquered: but God from heaven fought for us, and overthrew them in their own devises: yea, the Lord put his hook in his nostrils, and his bridle in his lips, and carried him back again with ⟨p. 118⟩shame and reproach. We are unworthy of such a mercy, if our souls do not often say unto God: O Lord what are we, and what is our people, that thou shouldst be so wonderful in thy mercies unto us?
Let vs apply this to our Church and State. If any Nation haue cause to say thus, it is England. God hath deliuered vs out of the thraldome of spirituall Egypt, and led vs out: not by a Moses, but first by a childe, then by a woman, and giuen vs his Gospell, more fully, and freely, and quietly, then any kingdom so great in the world; and still deliuereth vs from the cursed plots of the Pope, and tyrannous inuasions of the Spaniard, who thought to haue marked vs in the foreheads with the brand of infamie, and to haue done to vs as they haue done to other nations whom they haue conquered: but God from heauen fought for vs, and ouerthrew them in their owne deuises: yea, the Lord put his hooke in his nosethrils, and his bridle in his lips, and caried him backe againe with ⟨p. 118⟩shame and reproach. Wee are vnworthy of such a mercy, if our soules doe not often say vnto God: O Lord what are we, and what is our people, that thou shouldst be so wonderfull in thy mercies vnto vs?
And particularly this must teach every Christian to be a careful observer of the favours & mercies that God vouchsafes to his soul or body, to him or his: and the consideration of them, must make him daily be moved with reverence, and reverent thoughts of Gods Majesty; & still as the Lord is more and more merciful unto him, to bear still the more fear and reverence unto him for the same.