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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 we learn, that though a man persevere in his sins, for a long time, and pass his best years in vanity without repentance, and thereby be in a grievous and fearful estate: yet true believers, and men penitent, must not therefore judge them cast-aways. For, Gods mercy calls a man in his old age, and toucheth the heart when it pleaseth him. Christ in the Parable calls some at the 11. hour, Mat. 20.6: and so God calleth men to grace in their old age. We must therefore spare these sharp & unsavoury censures, which some ⟨p. 174⟩unadvisedly cast upon such men; for charity thinketh not evil, 1. Corinth. 13, where it may think or suppose any possibility of good: But contrariwise, pray for them, and hope of their conversions, because we know, that at what time soever a sinner repents of his sin, God will forgive him, Ezek. 18.27.28.
Heere wee learne, that though a man perseuere in his sinnes, for a long time, and passe his best yeeres in vanitie without repentance, and thereby be in a grieuous and fearefull estate: yet true beleeuers, and men penitent, must not therefore iudge them cast-awayes. For, Gods mercy calls a man in his old age, and toucheth the heart when it pleaseth him. Christ in the Parable calls some at the 11. houre, Mat. 20.6: and so God calleth men to grace in their old age. We must therfore spare these sharp & vnsauourie censures, which som ⟨p. 174⟩vnaduisedly cast vpon such men; for charity thinketh not euil, 1. Corinth. 13, where it may thinke or suppose any possibibility of good: But contrariwise, pray for them, and hope of their conuersions, because we know, that at what time soeuer a sinner repents of his sinne, God will forgiue him, Ezek. 18.27.28.