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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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So Gods power and glory is every where; and yet his most glorious Court, the third heaven, is not every where, but in his limited and appointed place, where Gods glory shineth more than in any other place.
So Gods power and glory is euery where; and yet his most glorious Court, the third heauen, is not euery where, but in his limited and appointed place, where Gods glory shineth more than in any other place.
Again, if heaven properly taken, be every where, then it is God himself: for that that is every where, must needs be deified; and indeed some, to maintain this opinion, have said little less. But if the holy Ghost may moderate this disputation, he plainly tells us here, That God is ⟨p. 232⟩the maker & builder of it. Therefore, assuredly it is not God, but one of Gods creatures.
Againe, if heauen properly taken, be euery where, then it is God himselfe: for that that is euery where, must needes be deified; and indeede some, to maintaine this opinion, haue said little lesse. But if the holy Ghost may moderate this disputation, hee plainely tells vs here, That God is ⟨p. 232⟩the maker & builder of it. Therfore, assuredly it is not God, but one of Gods creatures.
Thirdly and lastly, let us observe the description of heaven, included in these two words, maker and builder. God made it, that is, it is one of his creatures; he made it as well as the rest: and he builded it; that is, (as the word signifieth) made it with art; or he bestowed skill and wisdom upon it. For, though we may not imagine any substantial difference betwixt these two words, for matter; yet in signification they differ: and so far we are to observe it.