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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 Active obedience of the Mediators person, was his perfect fulfilling of the moral Law, in all duties to God or man, in thought, word, or deed; and all this for us, in our stead and on our behalf. And here is true righteousness: for where the nature of any person is perfectly pure, and the obedience perfect, the righteousness of that person is perfect. And I say, all this was done by him for us: he suffered all that we should have suffered, and suffered not: he did that which we should have done, and did not. And this is that righteousness, by which, a sinner is made righteous before God. For, seeing legal ⟨p. 156⟩cannot, it is this that must. And now we have found that righteousness, by which Noah and all holy men were made, and counted righteous; namely, that that is resident in the holy person of Jesus Christ the Mediator.
The Actiue obedience of the Mediators person, was his perfect fulfilling of the morall Law, in all duties to God or man, in thought, word, or deede; and all this for vs, in our steade and on our behalfe. And here is true righteousnesse: for where the nature of anie person is perfectly pure, and the obedience perfect, the righteousnesse of that person is perfect. And I saye, all this was done by him for vs: hee suffered all that wee should haue suffered, and suffered not: hee did that which wee should haue done, and did not. And this is that righteousnesse, by which, a sinner is made righteous before God. For, seeing legall ⟨p. 156⟩cannot, it is this that must. And now wee haue found that righteousnesse, by which Noah and all holy men were made, and counted righteous; namely, that that is resident in the holy person of Iesus Christ the Mediator.
And yet this is above and beyond all reason, that one should be justified by another's righteousness: and the doctrine, though it be of God, and grounded never so strongly on Gods word, yet hath it enemies, and is mightily oppugned by the Church of Rome. Therefore let us first prove it: and then answer the objections to the contrary. We prove it thus;