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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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Sixthly, if it be for the practice of a mans lawful calling, as for traffic: and thus Merchants may, and do lawfully travail into all Nations, and have their Factors there resident: provided they lose not their souls to gain for their bodies: their travailing is allowed by Christ in the Parable, where he saith, The Kingdom of heaven is like a Merchant man that seeks good pearls, Math. 13.45.
Sixtly, if it be for the practice of a mans lawfull calling, as for trafficke: and thus Merchants may, and do lawfully trauaile into all Nations, and haue their Factors there resident: prouided they lose not their soules to gaine for their bodies: their trauailing is allowed by Christ in the Parable, where he saith, The Kingdome of heauen is like a Merchant man that seekes good pearles, Math. 13.45.
Seventhly, if it be to receive and take possession of any goods or lands, lawfully descended or fallen unto a man, in another Nation, as sometime it doth; This seems to be allowed by Christ in the Parable, where he saith, A certain noble man went into a far Country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and so to come again, Luke 19.12.
Seauenthly, if it be to receiue and take possession of any goods or lands, lawfully descended or fallen vnto a man, in another Nation, as sometime it doth; This seemes to be allowed by Christ in the Parable, where he saith, A certain noble man went into a far Country, to receiue for himselfe a kingdome, and so to come againe, Luke 19.12.