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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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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, 1. Peter 1.5. In which words two things are spoken of faith: the first is affirmed; namely, that faith preserveth a man to salvation through all hindrances, either of inward temptations, or outward crosses, which the devil or the world can lay in his way. This preservation is one of the greatest works in the world, and therefore it is worthily ascribed to God: the power ⟨p. 203⟩of God preserveth us, but through faith. The second is implied; that therefore we must labour to keep that faith evermore with us, which must keep us, and to cherish and preserve that that must preserve us to salvation. David was an excellent practitioner hereof: no man was more tried and tossed then he, yet he ever drew near unto God, Psal. 73.28. Indeed sometime he said, all men were liars, but that was in his fear, Psal. 116.11. And again, I am cast out of thy sight, but that was in his haste, Psal. 31.22. that is, when the force of some passion, or the violence of some temptations did carry him headlong: but otherwise he ever lived the life of faith.
Wee must heere learne to examine, whether wee haue a true and sound faith or no. If wee haue, then wee must not doe some one or fewe actions in faith, or die in faith, but wee must liue by faith, the whole course of our liues. Wee must walke by faith, and not by sight, saith the Apostle,