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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.
143. Many men would willingly be Gods sons, who care not to be Gods servants; but God knows none for sons, but such as serve him: many would willingly be retainers, and wear Gods livery, that do not care to wait, and to go and come at his bidding. 'Twill, (but alas!) 'twill be cold comfort to be called servant, when it shall be said, thou idle and wicked servant. Dives was never the better that Abraham called him son; nor Judas that Christ called him friend. Titles, when they are but titles, entitle to nothing.
143. Many men would willingly be Gods sons, who care not to be Gods servants; but God knows none for sons, but such as serve him: many would willingly be retainers, and weare Gods livery, that doe not care to wait, and to goe and come at his bidding. 'Twill, (but alas!) 'twil be cold comfort to be called servant, when it shall be said, thou idle and wicked servant. Dives was never the better that Abraham called him sonne; nor Judas that Christ called him friend. Titles, when they are but titles, entitle to nothing.
144. That preaching is most Apostolic, which is most like the Apostles preaching; when men come not with wisdom of words, but with the words of wisdom; when men come not with excellency of speech, or enticing words, to evidence and demonstrate their learning, but in the evidence and demonstration of the spirit, to evince Gods teaching; for then the faith of men will stand not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
144. That preaching is most Apostolick, which is most like the Apostles preaching; when men come not with wisdome of words, but with the words of wisdom; when men come not with excellency of speech, or entising words, to evidence and demonstrate their learning, but in the evidence and demonstration of the spirit, to evince Gods teaching; for then the faith of men wil stand not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.