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Canaan's flowings, or, A second part of milk & honey being another collation of…Canaans flovvings, or, A second part of milk & honey being another collation of…
Canaan's flowings, or, A second part of milk & honey being another collation of many Christian experiences, sayings, &c. : with an appendix called The heathen improved, or, The Gibeonites hewing of wood, and drawing of water for the sanctuary / by Ralph Venning.Canaans flovvings, or, A second part of milk & honey being another collation of many Christian experiences, sayings, &c. : with an appendix called The heathen improved, or, The Gibeonites hewing of wood, and drawing of water for the sanctuary / by Ralph Venning.
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1653
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.
I Cannot tell how to invite thee, because I know not whether the entertainment be worthy of thee; if thou look for dainties, and rarities, I fear thou wilt not make a good meal here; if plain fare will be acceptable, come and welcome, and much good may it do thee: as to my self, if thou wonder why I write thus, be pleased to know that I write not to please men, or for the praise of men; for I am sufficiently assured, that these are not ⟨image 3⟩the things, nor this the way, by which I should get glory, if it were in mine eye: the best of it is, I am afore-hand with all men in this, that none can think more meanly of what I have done, then I my self do; and therefore I shall not think my self undervalued, though thou put no value upon it; 'tis such as I believe, all will not like, nor will all dislike; though all will not be pleased, yet some will not be displeased to read it. I call on no man to commend it, but on any (that finds fault) to come and mend it, to do better things then these, or these things better. 'Tis common and easy to find faults in our selves and others ⟨image 3⟩that are to be mended, but hard and rare to mend the faults that are to be found.
I Cannot tell how to invite thee, because I know not whether the entertainment be worthy of thee; if thou look for dainties, and rarities, I fear thou wilt not make a good meal here; if plain fare will be acceptable, come and welcome, and much good may it doe thee: as to my self, if thou wonder why I write thus, be pleased to know that I write not to please men, or for the praise of men; for I am sufficiently assured, that these are not ⟨image 3⟩the things, nor this the way, by which I should get glory, if it were in mine eye: the best of it is, I am afore-hand with all men in this, that none can think more meanly of what I have done, then I my self doe; and therefore I shall not think my self undervalued, though thou put no value upon it; 'tis such as I believe, all will not like, nor will all dislike; though all will not be pleased, yet some will not be displeased to read it. I call on no man to commend it, but on any (that finds fault) to come and mend it, to doe better things then these, or these things better. 'Tis common and easie to find faults in our selves and others ⟨image 3⟩