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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 Church of Rome is foully faulty in this point, making no conscience of breaking promise and faith with us, or any of our religion; their nakedness herein is discovered in the face of all Christendom: let them that are wi•e be warned of it. They make great ostentation of their vows, and of their care to perform them, above any other religion: but it appears hereby to be vile hypocrisy. For, if they were conscionably, and not politically and formally careful of their vows of chastity, poverty, & others, made to God, they could not but be likewise careful of their promises made to men: for the one of these is the fountain a•d root of the other. But the neglect of the one, showeth the formality and hypocrisy of the other.
The Church of Rome is foully faulty in this point, making no conscience of breaking promise and faith with vs, or any of our religion; their nakednesse herein is discouered in the face of all Christendome: let them that are wi•e be warned of it. They make great ostentation of their vowes, and of their care to performe them, aboue any other religion: but it appeares hereby to be vile hypocrisie. For, if they were conscionably, and not politikely and formally carefull of their vowes of chastity, pouerty, & others, made to God, they could not but be likewise carefull of their promises made to men: for the one of these is the fountaine a•d roote of the other. But the neglect of the one, sheweth the formality and hypocrisie of the other.
Let all that fear God, learn to make conscience of both these, in their religion and service of God, and in all their dealings with men in the world: that so the world may judge us faithful men, when we have promised.
Let all that feare God, learne to make conscience of both these, in their religion and seruice of God, and in all their dealings with men in the world: that so the world may iudge vs faithfull men, when we haue promised.