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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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The answer is, God did so for divers causes: some respecting the sinful world, as that they might have longer time, and more warnings to repent; every stroke of the Ark, during these 120. years, being a loud Sermon of repentance unto them. Again, that they might be without excuse, if they amended not: and lastly, that their iniquities might be full, and their sins ripe for vengeance. But of all these, we will not speak, because they concern not Noah, of whose faith we are only to speak: let us therefore touch only those causes which concern Noah. And in regard of him, the Lord did thus, that he might try his faith and patience, and exercise other graces of holiness in him. Thus God dealeth with his servants always: he exerciseth them many and strange ways in this world. He led the Israelites in the deserts of Arabia forty years; whereas a man may travel from Rameses in Egypt to any part of Canaan in forty days: and this God did to humble them, and try them, and to know what was in their heart (Deut. 8.2.)
The answere is, God did so for diuers causes: some respecting the sinfull world, as that they might haue longer time, and more warnings to repent; euery stroke of the Arke, during these 120. yeeres, being a loude Sermon of repentance vnto them. Againe, that they might be without excuse, if they amended not: and lastly, that their iniquities might be full, and their sinnes ripe for vengeance. But of all these, we will not speake, because they concerne not Noah, of whose faith we are onely to speake: let vs therfore touch only those causes which concerne Noah. And in regard of him, the Lord did thus, that he might try his faith and patience, and exercise other graces of holinesse in him. Thus God dealeth with his seruants alwayes: hee exerciseth them many and strange wayes in this world. He led the Israelites in the deserts of Arabia fourty yeeres; whereas a man may trauell from Rameses in Egypt to any part of Canaan in fourty dayes: and this God did to humble them, and try them, and to know what was in their heart (Deut. 8.2.)