A09376:789
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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
So must we, not think to live in sensuality, and die in faith: but to live by faith, in all our actions, from one day to another, meditating daily on Gods promises, and believing them, and relying on them, and applying the generals to our own selves, and practicing faith by making conscience of sin, and inuring our selves to patience and long suffering. Thus doing, we shall be children of faithful Abraham, who first by faith left his own Country, and then by faith also dwelt still in the Land of Canaan. And thus much for the action of his faith: He abode in the Land of Promise. Now follow the circumstances of the action, which are two: 1. The manner how: 2. The Persons with whom.
So must wee, not thinke to liue in sensuality, and die in faith: but to liue by faith, in all our actions, from one day to another, meditating daily on Gods promises, and beleeuing them, and relying on them, and applying the generalls to our owne selues, and practicing faith by making conscience of sinne, and inuring our selues to patience and long suffering. Thus doing, we shall be children of faithfull Abraham, who first by faith left his owne Country, and then by faith also dwelt still in the Land of Canaan. And thus much for the action of his faith: Hee abode in the Land of Promise. Now followe the circumstances of the action, which are two: 1. The manner how: 2. The Persons with whō.
The manner is laid down in two points: 1. As a stranger: 2. As one that dwelt in tents.
The manner is laid downe in two points: 1. As a stranger: 2. As one that dwelt in tents.
The first point, for the manner, is laid down in these words: As in a strange Country.
The first point, for the manner, is laide downe in these words: As in a strange Country.