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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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Lastly, this deliverance by the Ark was a pawn unto them from God, assuring them of salvation, if they believed in the Messiah. For, seeing God so fully performed his promise unto them for their bodily deliverance upon their believing: ⟨p. 137⟩they thereby might assure themselves, he would perform his promise of salvation unto them, upon their faith and true obedience. Moreover, it strengthened their faith. For, when ever after any promise of God was made unto them, or any word of God came unto them, they then remembered Gods mercy and faithfulness unto them in their deliverance by the Ark: and therefore believed.
Lastly, this deliuerance by the Arke was a pawn vnto them from God, assuring them of saluation, if they beleeued in the Messias. For, seeing God so fully performed his promise vnto them for their bodily deliuerance vpon their beleeuing: ⟨p. 137⟩they therby might assure themselues, he would performe his promise of saluation vnto them, vpon their faith and true obedience. Moreouer, it strengthned their faith. For, when euer after any promise of God was made vnto them, or any word of God came vnto them, they then remembred Gods mercy and faithfulnesse vnto them in their deliuerance by the Arke: and therefore beleeued.
Unto these and many other spiritual uses, did the Ark serve unto Noah, and to his household, as many of them as were believers.
Vnto these and many other spirituall vses, did the Arke serue vnto Noah, and to his houshold, as many of them as were beleeuers.
But what is this to us? Indeed, the Ark served them for a temporal deliverance, it saved their lives; therefore they also had reason to make spiritual use of it: But it saved not us, it served us to no use corporal; therefore how can we make any spiritual use of it.