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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.
188. We may say that we know no reason why we should have so many mercies; and the reason is, because mercy goeth not by reason, but by grace: and God showeth mercy, when, where, and because he will; and that not because the creature, but the mercy pleaseth him.
188. We may say that we know no reason why we should have so many mercies; and the reason is, because mercy goeth not by reason, but by grace: and God sheweth mercy, when, where, and because he will; and that not because the creature, but the mercy pleaseth him.
189. Children is sometimes a name common to all the Saints, to all the sons and daughters of God; and thus a Babe-saint is a child, and ⟨p. 47⟩among the children; and a Father-saint is but a child, and among the children: but sometime the name is appropriated to a certain sort and size of Saints; so that it may be truly said, all that are born of God are children, but all that are born of God are not children as soon as they are born.
189. Children is sometimes a name common to all the Saints, to all the sons and daughters of God; and thus a Babe-saint is a child, and ⟨p. 47⟩among the children; and a Fathersaint is but a child, and among the children: but sometime the name is appropriated to a certain sort and size of Saints; so that it may be truly said, all that are born of God are children, but all that are born of God are not children as soon as they are born.