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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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And as this is for our selves; so if we love our children, or care for their advancement, let us make them free-men of that city, whose maker and builder is God: So shall we be sure to have comfort and joy of them here, and with them in heaven. But if we will have them free-men in heaven, we must make them Gods apprentices on earth: they must serve out their time, else they get no freedom. This time, is all their life. Men are deceived that let their children be the devils slaves here, and think to have them free in heaven; let us then bind our children prentices to God, that is, make them his servants here: then assuredly, as in their repentance and regeneration here, they are borne free-men of heaven; so after this life they shall enjoy the freedoms and privileges of that heavenly city, ⟨p. 235⟩which was made and built by the wisdom of God.
And as this is for our selues; so if wee loue our children, or care for their aduancement, let vs make them free-men of that citie, whose maker and builder is God: So shall we bee sure to haue comfort and ioy of them here, and with them in heauen. But if wee will haue them free-men in heauen, wee must make them Gods apprentizes on earth: they must serue out their time, else they get no freedome. This time, is all their life. Men are deceiued that let their children bee the diuels slaues here, and thinke to haue them free in heauen; let vs then binde our children prentizes to God, that is, make them his seruants here: then assuredly, as in their repentance and regeneration here, they are borne free-men of heauen; so after this life they shall inioy the freedomes and priuiledges of that heauenly citie, ⟨p. 235⟩which was made and built by the wisdome of God.
Lastly, here we see how true it is that David teacheth, Psalm. 15.4, No vile person can come in heaven. And no marvel: for if men thus and thus defamed, cannot be free men in the Cities on earth, built by men; is it likely that sinners, and profane men, that care not for repentance, & regeneration, (for they be the vile men) shall be admitted into that city, whose maker and builder is God? It is the holy city, no unclean thing can enter into it,