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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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This is the glorious portion which our God and Father leaveth us as his children: what should all the care of our hearts be, but to preserve it? Naboth had a little Vineyard, that came to him from his Father by inheritance: Ahab the King, would give him money, or a better Vineyard for it. But Naboth would not: Nay (saith he) God forbid I should sell my Fathers inheritance, 1. Kings 21.3. &c. If he made such account of an earthly inheritance, what should ⟨p. 167⟩we of the heavenly? if he of a poor Vineyard, what should we of the glory of heaven? If he denied the King, to sell it for a better, should not we deny the devil, to leave our part in Christ and his righteousness, for the world, or any thing that he can promise us? In all such temptations our answer should be; God forbid I should sell away my inheritance, which my God and Father gave me. Thus did blessed Paul, who esteemed the world, and all in it dung and dross, that he might win Christ, and be made partaker of this righteousness. So must we (if we will be worthy of this inheritance) prize and value it above this world, and think basely of all the pomp and pleasures of this world, in comparison of it: and rather be content to lose the world, then to leave it.
This is the glorious portion which our God and Father leaueth vs as his children: what should all the care of our hearts be, but to preserue it? Naboth had a little Vineyard, that came to him from his Father by inheritance: Ahab the King, would giue him money, or a better Vineyard for it. But Naboth would not: Nay (saith he) God forbid I should sell my Fathers inheritance, 1. Kings 21.3. &c. If he made such account of an earthly inheritance, what should ⟨p. 167⟩we of the heauenly? if hee of a poore Vineyard, what should wee of the glory of heauen? If hee denied the King, to sell it for a better, should not wee denie the diuell, to leaue our part in Christ and his righteousnesse, for the world, or anie thing that hee can promise vs? In all such temptations our answere should be; God forbid I should sell away my inheritance, which my God and Father gaue mee. Thus did blessed Paul, who esteemed the world, and all in it doung and drosse, that hee might winne Christ, and be made partaker of this righteousnesse. So must wee (if wee will be worthie of this inheritance) prize and value it aboue this world, and thinke basely of all the pompe and pleasures of this world, in comparison of it: and rather be content to lose the world, then to leaue it.