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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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First, we must not bathe our selves in the pleasures of this world. Pilgrims take but little delight in their journeys, because they think themselves not at home. This is S. Peters argument: Dearly beloved, as strangers and pilgrims abstain from fleshly lusts which fight against the soul, 1. Pet. 2.11. For, too much delight in fleshly pleasures, smothers the grace of God in us, and lets loose all sins, and gives life unto all corruptions.
First, we must not bathe our selues in the pleasures of this world. Pilgrimes take but little delight in their iourneyes, because they thinke themselues not at home. This is S. Peters argument: Dearely beloued, as strangers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lusts which fight against the soule, 1. Pet. 2.11. For, too much delight in fleshly pleasures, smothers the grace of God in vs, and lets loose all sinnes, and giues life vnto all corruptions.
Secondly, we must use this world as though we used it not; ⟨p. 206⟩that is, even the necessary comforts & delights thereof: they be the very words of the Apostle, 1. Cor. 7.31. For, so the Pilgrim, when he passeth through a strange Country, hath not his mind troubled with looking or thinking on the goods or commodities of that Country where he is: but using as much thereof, as is necessary for him, all his thoughts are on his own Country. So should we, when we are in our best estates, in our greatest jollity, in the midst of our wealth, and abundance of pleasures, cast our minds from them, & have our thoughts even then conversing in heaven, where is the place of our abode. This is likewise the Apostles exhortation, Philip. 3.20. Worldly men make their belly their God: that is, drown themselves in carnal pleasures, so far; as they forget any other God, any other heaven. But we must not do so: our conversation must be in heaven, from whence we look for our Saviour Jesus Christ.