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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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Again, we may here learn, that those who are condemned before God, have their condemnation by the preaching of the word. The secrets of all the world, saith the Apostle, shall be judged by Jesus Christ, according to the Gospel: and here the preaching of Noah, and his actual preaching by preparing the Ark, condemns the world. Such is the power and might of the Ministry of Gods word, upon all them that resist it.
Againe, we may here learne, that those who are condemned before God, haue their condemnation by the preaching of the word. The secrets of all the world, saith the Apostle, shall be iudged by Iesus Christ, according to the Gospell: and heere the preaching of Noah, and his actuall preaching by preparing the Arke, condemnes the world. Such is the power and might of the Ministerie of Gods word, vpon all them that resist it.
Which being so, should teach all men, when they come to hear Gods word, to submit themselves to the power of it, to obey it, and become penitent: for, otherwise so many Sermons as a man heareth, so many indictments are presented to God against him. And if at the last day there were no devils to accuse; those bills of indictments, would both accuse and condemn him. And this Judgement is begun in this life, as their consciences do often tell them, and is accomplished at the last day: for there is no dallying with God• word: if it cannot save ▪ it kills. It is the fire, which if it cannot soften, it hardens. Let then all impenitent men, make conscience to obey Gods word: for if now they abuse it, it will be even with them, both here and in another world. For, as the very same Ark, which saved Noah and his household, condemned the world: so the same word of God, which believed and obeyed by godly men, is their salvation; disobeyed, and refused by ungodly men, shall be their condemnation.
Which being so, should teach all men, when they come to heare Gods word, to submit themselues to the power of it, to obay it, and become penitent: for, otherwise so many Sermons as a man heareth, so many inditements are presented to God against him. And if at the last day there were no diuels to accuse; those bills of inditements, would both accuse and condemne him. And this Iudgement is begun in this life, as their consciences doe often tell them, and is accomplisht at the last day: for there is no dallying with God word: if it cannot saue it kils. It is the fire, which if it cannot soften, it hardens. Let then all impenitent men, make conscience to obay Gods word: for if now they abuse it, it will be euen with them, both here and in another world. For, as the very same Arke, which saued Noah and his houshold, condemned the world: so the same word of God, which beleeued and obayed by godly men, is their saluation; disobayed, and refused by vngodly men, shall be their condemnation.