A53689:283
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.
RULE XI.
Cheerfully to undergo the lot and portion of the whole Church in prosperity and affliction, and not to draw back upon any occasion whatever.
CHeerfully to undergo the lot and portion of the whole Church in prosperity and affliction, and not to draw back upon any occasion whatever.
Math. 13. 20. But he that receiveth the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word, and anon with joy receiveth it, ver. 21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation ⟨p. 95⟩or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Math. 13. 20. But he thta receiveth the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the Word, and anon with joy receiveth it, ver. 21. Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation ⟨p. 95⟩or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.