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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 is this: Noah's body going into the Ark, he seemed therein a dead man, going into a grave or a tomb to be buried; for he was buried in the Ark, & the Ark in the waters, & he deprived of the fresh air• & gladsome light: yet by Gods appointment, it was the means to save Noah, which in all reason seemed to be his grave; & if Noah will be saved he must go into this grave. So they that will escape hell and damnation by Christ, the true Ark of holiness, must be buried and mortified in their flesh, and fleshly lusts; and there is no way to come to life everlasting but this. For thy soul cannot live, whilst thy sins, the old man, that is, thy corruptions do live; but they must die, & be buried, and then thy soul liveth: and whilst they live, thy soul is dead, and far from the life of grace, which is in Christ Jesus. All this is affirmed at large, in Romans 6.3.4. Where we may see apparently that we must by baptism die with Christ & be buried with him, else we cannot be saved by him: our corruptions, our sins, which are the old man, must die and be buried; that the new man, that is, the grace and holiness of Christ, may live in us, and our souls by it: & he that thus dieth not, never lives; & he that thus is not buried, never riseth to true life. Thus, mortification of sin is the way to heaven, and death the way of life eternal: & he that is not thus mortified in his corruption; let him never look to be quickened to grace or glory.
The second is this: Noahs body going into the Arke, hee seemed therein a dead man, going into a graue or a tombe to be buried; for he was buried in the Arke, & the Arke in the waters, & he depriued of the fresh air• & gladsome light: yet by Gods appointment, it was the means to saue Noah, which in all reason seemed to be his graue; & if Noah will be saued he must goe into this graue. So they that will escape hell and damnation by Christ, the true Arke of holinesse, must be buried and mortified in their flesh, and fleshly lusts; and there is no way to come to life euerlasting but this. For thy soule cannot liue, whil'st thy sinnes, the olde man, that is, thy corruptions doe liue; but they must die, & be buried, and then thy soule liueth: and whilst they liue, thy soule is dead, and farre from the life of grace, which is in Christ Iesus. All this is affirmed at large, in Romanes 6.3.4