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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 to strengthen us herein, remember the faith of Job (tried and sifted, so as few have been) who though the arrows of the almighty stuck in him, and the venom thereof ⟨p. 248⟩drunk up his spirits, Job 6.4. Yet even then he believed: and would not give over, nor let go his hold, and said, Though thou bring me to dust, yet will I not forsake thee: no, though thou kill me, yet will I trust in thee. So, in the fury of temptations, when the venom of Gods wrath seems to drink up our spirits, then must we believe: and in the pangs of death, when God seems ready to kill us, then must we trust in him. In such cases is the life of faith to be showed: when reason and feeling say, God is a terrible Judge, faith must say, he is a merciful Father.
And to strengthen vs herein, remember the faith of Iob (tried and sifted, so as fewe haue beene) who though the arrowes of the almighty stucke in him, and the venome thereof ⟨p. 248⟩drunke vp his spirits, Iob 6.4. Yet euen then he beleeued: and would not giue ouer, nor let goe his hold, and said, Though thou bring me to dust, yet will I not forsake thee: no, though thou kill me, yet will I trust in thee. So, in the furie of temptations, when the venome of Gods wrath seemes to drinke vp our spirits, then must we beleeue: and in the pangs of death, when God seemes ready to kill vs, then must wee trust in him. In such cases is the life of faith to be shewed: when reason and feeling say, God is a terrible Iudge, faith must say, he is a mercifull Father.
In our health, and welfare, and feeling of Gods favour, this exhortation may seem tedious: but if we belong to GOD; if it be not past already, the time is sure to come, when this doctrine will be needful for the best of us all.