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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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This is the doctrine of Gods word, Mark 9.24. Jesus bidding the father of the child possessed, to believe, and then his child should be dispossessed: he answered, crying with tears, Lord I believe, help my unbelief. There is faith and unbelief in one soul at one time, in one action, upon one object: and what is unbelief, but doubting or worse?
This is the doctrine of Gods word, Mark 9.24. Iesus bidding the father of the childe possessed, to beleeue, and then his childe should be dispossessed: he answered, crying with teares, Lord I beleeue, helpe my vnbeliefe. There is faith and vnbeliefe in one soule at one time, in one action, vpon one obiect: and what is vnbeliefe, but doubting or worse?
And Christ often reproveth his Disciples, for their doubting, and calls them O ye of little faith; and yet all know that that they then had true faith: yea, S. Peter himself, most famous for his faith, is reproved in the same words: O thou of little ⟨p. 242⟩faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? He had a little faith, therefore some faith: a little faith, therefore much doubting▪ therefore it is apparent, a man may have in his soul at once, both faith and doubting: yea, commonly we have a grain of mustard-seed or a mite of faith, and a mountain of doubting.
And Christ often reproueth his Disciples, for their doubting, and calls them O ye of little faith; and yet all know that that they then had true faith: yea, S. Peter himselfe, most famous for his faith, is reproued in ye same words: O thou of litle ⟨p. 242⟩faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? He had a little faith, therefore some faith: a little faith, therefore much doubting therefore it is apparant, a man may haue in his soule at once, both faith and doubting: yea, commonly we haue a graine of mustard-seede or a mite of faith, and a mountaine of doubting.