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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 3: The third 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.
226. 'Tis great reason that we ⟨p. 59⟩should continue to pray, because our wants continue; and 'tis as great reason that we should continue to praise, because our mercies continue. Who is there so full, that wants nothing? and who so empty, but hath something? Let none give over praying, but he that wants nothing; and let none give over praising, that hath any thing. Is not the mercy we want worth the asking? and is not the mercy we have worth the acknowledging? 'tis sin and misery to give over duty.
226. 'Tis great reason that we ⟨p. 59⟩should continue to pray, because ourwants continue; and 'tis as great reason that wee should continue to praise, because our mercies continue. Who is there so full, that wants nothing? and who so empty, but hath something? Let none give over praying, but hee that wants nothing; and let none give over praising, that hath any thing. Is not the mercy we want worth the asking? and is not the mercy we have worth the acknowledging? 'tis sin and misery to give over duty.
227. He can be no friend to thee, that is a friend to thy faults; and thou canst be no friend to thy self, if thou be an enemy to him that tells thee of thy faults. Wilt thou like him the worse that would have thee be better?
227. Hee can be no friend to thee, that is a friend to thy faults; and thou canst be no friend to thy selfe, if thou be an enemy to him that tels thee of thy faults. Wilt thou like him the worse that would have thee be better?