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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
7. You must likewise allow each man h•• grain•• For that none perfect is, sin yet remains, And humane frailties do attend the best; To bear and forbear here, will tend to rest. Vain janglings, jars, and strifes will there abound Where Moles are Mountains made, or fault i• found With every little, trivial, petty thing; This Spirit snib, or 'twill much mischief brin•• Into this House, and 'tis for want of love, 'Tis entertained, it is not of the Dove.1
7. You must likewise allow each man h•• grain•• For that none perfect is, sin yet remains, And humane frailties do attend the best; To bear and forbear here, will tend to rest. Vain janglings, jarrs, and strifes will there abound Where Moles are Mountains made, or fault i• found With every little, trivial, petty thing; This Spirit snibb, or 'twill much mischief brin•• Into this House, and 'tis for want of love, 'Tis entertain'd, it is not of the Dove.1