A53689:253
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
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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.
Secondly, Others abilities.
Unto these two must assistance be proportioned; provided, that those which are poor walk suitably to their condition, 2 Thess. 3. 10, 11. And as we ought to relieve men in their poverty, so we ought, by all lawful means, to prevent their being poor; to keep a man from falling, is an equal mercy to the helping of him up when he is down.
Unto these two must assistance be proportioned; provided, that those which are poore walk suitably to their condition, 2 Thess. 3. 10, 11. And as we ought to relieve men in their poverty, so we ought, by all lawfull means, to prevent their being poor; to keep a man from falling, is an equall mercie to the helping of him up when he is down.
Motives to this duty are;
1. The love of God unto us, 1 John 3. 14