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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 second cause: It is likely that as himself was a righteous man, so they of his family were more orderly and religious, then others of that wicked Age; for, good men make conscience of teaching their families: as, Abraham, Gen. 18.18. And seeing Noah is commended for a just & good man, doubtless, he did carefully instruct his household: & therefore it is to be supposed, that all, or the most of them, were holy and righteous persons, fearing God.
The second cause: It is likely that as himselfe was a righteous man, so they of his family were more orderly and religious, then others of that wicked Age; for, good men make conscience of teaching their families: as, Abraham, Gen. 18.18. And seeing Noah is commended for a iust & good man, doubtlesse, he did carefully instruct his houshold: & therefore it is to be supposed, that all, or the most of them, were holy and righteous persons, fearing God.
Thirdly, though all of them were not righteous, yet they were all of the family of righteous Noah: and therefore for his sake they were saved; all being his children, or his children's wives. For, the righteous man procureth blessings not on himself alone, but on all that belong unto him, dwell with him, or are in his company. At Abraham's request had there bin but 10. righteous men in Sodom; all had been spared for their sakes, ⟨p. 133⟩(Gen. 18.32). When Joseph dwelt in Egypt, all Potiphar's house, and all in it (though he were a heathen man) were blessed for Josephs sake: (Gen. 39.5). When Lot was delivered out of Sodom's destruction, the Angels asked him, Hast thou any sons in law? that they might have been saved for his sake (