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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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The use hereof, is to teach us wisdom for the true discerning of Gods merciful performance of his promises: ⟨p. 187⟩for he performeth them not always one way unto his children: sometime he giveth the very particular thing promised, as unto the children of Israel, their deliverance out of Egypt: unto Hezekiah, the restoring of his health, and such like. Sometime he giveth not it, but something which shall be as good or better unto his children: as, when they are in some great danger, and crave deliverance, or in some necessity, and have promise of supply; God oftentimes delivereth them not, but giveth them patience, and feeling of his favour in such sort, as is many degrees more comfortable unto them. And herein God heareth their prayers, and performeth his promise to them, to their full contentation.
The vse heereof, is to teach vs wisedome for the true discerning of Gods mercifull performance of his promises: ⟨p. 187⟩for he performeth them not alwayes one way vnto his children: sometime he giueth the very particular thing promised, as vnto the children of Israel, their deliuerance out of Egypt: vnto Hezekiah, the restoring of his health, and such like. Sometime he giueth not it, but something which shall be as good or better vnto his children: as, when they are in some great danger, and craue deliuerance, or in some necessitie, and haue promise of supply; God oftentimes deliuereth them not, but giueth them patience, and feeling of his fauour in such sort, as is many degrees more comfortable vnto them. And herein God heareth their prayers, and performeth his promise to them, to their full contentation.