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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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Thus much of the second doctrine.
3. In that our Elders by faith obtained a good report: Here we learn the readiest and surest way to get a good name. A good name is a good gift of God; Eccles. 7.3. It is a precious ointment▪ it is a thing that all men would have: These Elders had it, and they have laid us down a platform how to get it, and it is this; 1. Get into favour with God, please him, that is, confess thy sins, bewail them, get pardon, set the promises of God in Christ before thee, believe them, apply them to thy self as thine own, be persuaded in thy ⟨p. 19⟩conscience that Christ did all for thee, and that he hath purchased thy acceptation with God.
3. In that our Elders by faith obtained a good report: Here we learne the readiest and surest way to get a good name. A good name is a good gift of God; Eccles. 7.3. It is a pretious ointment▪ it is a thing that all men would haue: These Elders had it, and they haue laide vs downe a platforme how to get it, and it is this; 1. Get into fauour with God, please him, that is, cōfesse thy sins, bewaile them, get pardon, set the promises of God in Christ before thee, beleeue thē, apply them to thy selfe as thine owne, be perswaded in thy ⟨p. 19⟩conscience that Christ did all for thee, and that he hath purchased thy acceptation with God.