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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
CANAANS Flowings: OR, More Milk and Honey. BEING Another Collation… › Century 2: The second Century.
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.
128. Its worse to be heart-tied, ⟨p. 30⟩then to be tongue-tied in prayer; 'tis better to be straitened in expression then in affection; if there be much of heart, it matters not how little of art there be in prayer, for what some men most admire, God least regards, viz. volubility of tongue, variety of expression, and ready utterance.
128. Its worse to be heart-tied, ⟨p. 30⟩then to be tongue-tied in prayer; 'tis better to be straitned in expression then in affection; if there be much of heart, it matters not how little of art there be in prayer, for what some men most admire, God least regards, viz. volubility of tongue, variety of expression, and ready utterance.
129. Time was when professors had heart to serve God, but wanted time and liberty; but now professors (and many of the former) have time and liberty, but want heart.
130. 'Tis an easy matter to teach others what to do, but 'tis an hard matter to learn our own teaching, and do what we teach: Many know to counsel others how to walk, who know not how to walk by their own counsel. To such it may be said more truly then he to Job c. 4.3, 4, 5. Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands, thy words have upholden him that was ⟨p. 31⟩