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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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The main promise is: So God loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, to the end, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have eternal life, John 3.16. Now true faith, first of all, directly and plainly fasteneth it self on this: but after and with this, on all other promises that concern soul or body. In the Lords prayer, we are bid to pray for temporal blessings, health, peace, competency of wealth, & all other, under the name of daily bread: and we are bound to believe, that God will give them, if we ask in faith. Neither is this faith constrained, but free and voluntary, and on a good foundation. For, being persuaded that God accepteth us in Christ for salvation, we cannot but withal be persuaded, that God will give us all things else needful for us.
The maine promise is: So God loued the world, that he gaue his onely begotten Sonne, to the end, that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue eternall life, Iohn 3.16. Now true faith, first of all, directly and plainly fastneth it selfe on this: but after and with this, on all other promises that concerne soule or body. In the Lords prayer, we are bid to pray for temporal blessings, health, peace, competencie of wealth, & all other, vnder the name of daily bread: and we are bound to beleeue, that God will giue them, if wee aske in faith. Neither is this faith constrained, but free and voluntarie, and on a good foundation. For, being perswaded that God accepteth vs in Christ for saluation, we cannot but withall be perswaded, that God will giue vs all things else needefull for vs.
This we here note again, because we are wrongfully charged by the Papists, to hold, that faith apprehendeth the promise of salvation alone. But we pass it over, for that we have already spoken something of it.
This wee heere note againe, because wee are wrongfully charged by the Papists, to hold, that faith apprehendeth the promise of saluation alone. But we passe it ouer, for that we haue already spoken something of it.