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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.
163. Our superfluities should give way to our brothers conveniences, and our conveniences to our brothers necessities, yea even our necessities should give way to their extremity for the supplying of them.
164. A babe in Christ is a small thing, yet 'tis no small thing to be a babe, though but a babe in Christ.
165. Men should not glory in what they have received, but give glory for what they have received: not only the talent, but the improvement of the talent is to be attributed to God, Lord thy pound hath gained ten pound, Luke 19.16. not only faith to work, but the ⟨p. 42⟩work of faith; not only grace, but the actings of grace is to be attributed to the glory of God, and not to the power or praise of man.
165. Men should not glory in what they have received, but give glory for what they have received: not onely the talent, but the improvement of the talent is to be attributed to God, Lord thy pound hath gained ten pound, Luke 19.16. not onely faith to work, but the ⟨p. 42⟩work of faith; not onely grace, but the actings of grace is to be attributed to the glory of God, and not to the power or praise of man.