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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 practice of faithful Abraham, hath profitable use:
This practice of faithfull Abraham, hath profitable vse:
First, here we learn, that though Gods Commandments seem foolish, and unreasonable, yet we must obey them. Christ saith; If a man will ever come in the Kingdom of heaven, he must be borne again, John 3.3. S. Paul saith; If any man among you seem to be wise, let him be a fool that he may be wise: 1. Corinth. 3.18. Christ saith, If any man will be my Disciple, he must deny himself and follow me, Luk, 9.23.
First, here we learne, that though Gods Commaundements seeme foolish, and vnreasonable, yet wee must obay them. Christ saith; If a man will euer come in the Kingdome of heauen, he must be borne againe, Iohn 3.3. S. Paul saith; If any man among you seeme to be wise, let him be a foole that he may be wise: 1. Corinth. 3.18. Christ saith, If any man will be my Disciple, he must denie himselfe and follow me, Luk, 9.23.
But how can these commandments be believed or done? how can reason believe them? how can nature do them? So disputed the woman of Samaria with Christ, John 4.11. When Christ told her he would give her of the water of life; she replied, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with▪ and the Well is deep: whence then hast thou that water of life? Thus we object and reason against God with carnal objections, and weigh Gods Commandments in the balance of reason: thus God and his commandments, are much abused by us. And this is the cause we hear and read Gods word, and profit not by it, because we ponder it in our reason, and allow