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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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Here two most worthy doctrines do offer themselves to our view.
Here two most worthy doctrines doe offer themselues to our view.
1. The excellency of faith. 2. The excellency of a Christian mans estate.
1. The excellencie of faith. 2. The excellencie of a Christian mans estate.
The excellency of faith appears thus: It makes a holy man assured & certain of his salvation by Christ Jesus. The Church of Rome saith, it is presumption in any man to think so, unless he have an extraordinary revelation: but we learn from the Scripture, that if a man have true faith; that is able to assure him of salvation. For, faith makes him an heir of true righteousness, and of salvation thereby. Now we know, the heir is most sure and certain of his inheritance: what-ever he gets or loseth, he is sure of that. But this righteousness and salvation by it, is his inheritance; therefore he may be, and is by faith assured of it. The Papists therefore do wrong unto this doctrine, and derogate from the dignity of true faith: But this is their custom, they will extol any thing, rather then that which the holy Scripture so much extolleth; namely, true faith. For, if they knew what it is truly to know Christ, and to believe in him by that faith, which worketh by love, they would then know, that faith makes a man heir of happiness, and therefore most assured of it.
The excellencie of faith appeares thus: It makes a holy man assured & certaine of his saluation by Christ Iesus. The Church of Rome saith, it is presumption in any man to thinke so, vnlesse he haue an extraordinary reuelation: but we learne from the Scripture, that if a man haue true faith; that is able to assure him of saluation. For, faith makes him an heire of true righteousnesse, and of saluation thereby. Now we know, the heire is most sure and certaine of his inheritance: what-euer hee gets or loseth, he is sure of that. But this righteousnesse and saluation by it, is his inheritance; therefore he may be, and is by faith assured of it. The Papists therefore doe wrong vnto this doctrine, and derogae from the dignitie of true faith: But this is their custome, they will extoll any thing, rather then that which the holy Scripture so much extolleth; namely, true faith. For, if they knew what it is trulie to know Christ, and to beleeue in him by that faith, which worketh by loue, they would then know, that faith makes a man heire of happinesse, and therefore most assured of it.