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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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Thirdly, the Scripture saith, Christ is the end of the Law to all that believe, Rom. 10.3. The end of the Law: that is, not the taker away, or abrogator of the law, but the fulfiller of it: as the abrogator of the Ceremonial, so the fulfiller of the Moral law. If he fulfilled the Law, for whom was it? not for himself. For as the Messiah was not slain for himself, Dan. 9.26. so he obeyed not the Law for himself. For whom then? for ⟨p. 157⟩all that believe. Therefore Christ doing it for them, they fulfil the Law in Christ: and so Christ by doing, and they by believing in him that doth it, do fulfil the Law. Now if it be not amiss to say, We do in Christ fulfil the law: No more is it to say, We are made righteous by Christs righteousness; though it be his, and not ours, but only by faith.
Thirdly, the Scripture saith, Christ is the end of the Law to all that beleeue, Rom. 10.3. The end of the Law: that is, not the taker away, or abrogater of the law, but the fulfiller of it: as the abrogater of the Ceremonial, so the fulfiller of the Morall law. If he fulfilled the Law, for whom was it? not for himself. For as the Messiah was not slain for himself, Dan. 9.26. so he obayed not the Law for himselfe. For whom then? for ⟨p. 157⟩all that beleeue. Therefore Christ doing it for them, they fulfill the Law in Christ: and so Christ by doing, and they by beleeuing in him that doth it, doe fulfill the Law. Now if it be not amisse to say, We doe in Christ fulfill the law: No more is it to say, Wee are made righteous by Christes righteousnesse; though it be his, and not ours, but onely by faith.