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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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Thirdly, he dwelt in this Land by faith. And no marvel. for had it not been by faith, he would never have dwelt there, where he had not so much as a room for his Tent to stand in, but he must borrow it; nor to bury his dead in, but he must buy it. This was against reason, yet by faith he dwelt there, as afore by faith he left his own, which was also against reason. Where still the power of faith is magnified to be such, as it will carry a man over all impediments of obedience, and will give him victory not against one, but against all objections; and power to perform not one, but many things contrary to carnal wisdom.
Thirdly, he dwelt in this Land by faith. And no meruaile. for had it not beene by faith, hee would neuer haue dwelt there, where he had not so much as a roome for his Tent to stand in, but hee must borrow it; nor to burie his dead in, but hee must buy it. This was against reason, yet by faith hee dwelt there, as afore by faith he left his owne, which was also against reason. Where still the power of faith is magnified to bee such, as it will carie a man ouer all impediments of obedience, and will giue him victorie not against one, but against all obiections; and power to performe not one, but many things contrary to carnal wisedom.
We must here learn to examine, whether we have a true and sound faith or no. If we have, then we must not do some one or few actions in faith, or die in faith, but we must live by faith, the whole course of our lives. We must walk by faith, and not by sight, saith the Apostle, 2. Corinthians 5.7. So saith he of himself, Galatians 2.20. I live by the faith in the Son of God: he saith not, he hopes to die in that faith, but he lives by it. And in the former place •e saith not, we must set a step or two, but we must walk by faith, which argueth a continued action: and therefore it is that Saint Peter saith, Gods children are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation,