A53689:162
Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan
Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan; brought to the borders, for the encouragement of the saints, travelling thither-ward, with their faces towards Zion. Or, Rules of direction, for the walking of the saints in fellowship, according to the order of the Gospel. Collected and explained for the use of the Church at Coggeshall, by John Owen their pastor.Eshcol: a cluster of the fruit of Canaan; brought to the borders, for the encouragement of the saints, travelling thither-ward, with their faces towards Syon. Or, Rules of direction, for the walking of the saints in fellowship, according to the order of the Gospel. Collected and explained for the use of the Church at Coggeshall, by John Owen their pastor.
London: printed for Philemon Stephens, 1648
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
1. Labour by Prayer and Faith, to have our hearts and spirits throughly seasoned with that affectionate love, which our first Rule requireth.
2. Carefully to observe in our selves or others, the first beginnings of strife, which are as the letting out of waters, and if not prevented will make a breach, like the Sea.
3. Sedulously to apply our selves to the removal of the first appearance of divisions; and in case of not prevailing, to consult the Church.
3. Sedulously to apply our selves to the removall of the first appearance of divisions; and in case of not prevailing, to consult the Church.
4. Daily to strike at the root of all dissension, by labouring ⟨p. 49⟩for Universal conformity to Jesus Christ.
4. Dayly to strike at the root of all dissention, by labouring ⟨p. 49⟩