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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.
The command of loving one another, is not called new as to the thing to be done, for that was from the beginning, but as to the manner of doing it, or the rule according to which it is to be done. Formerly 'twas love thy neighbour as thy self, (there self-love was the rule) but here 'tis love one another as I have loved you (here Christs love is the rule) we should love one another better then we did, because Christ loves us better then we our selves.
The command of loving one another, is not called new as to the thing to be done, for that was from the beginning, but as to the manner of doing it, or the rule according to which it is to be done. Formerly 'twas love thy neighbour as thy selfe, (there selfe-love was the rule) but here 'tis love one another as I have loved you (here Christs love is the rule) we should love one another better then we did, because Christ loves us better then we our selves.
238. Greater condemnation.
If sinning against the light of Gods works had so great a condemnation, Rom. 1. how great a condemnation will be to them that sin against the light of Gods words? and if the law condemned much, the gospel much more; for if they escaped not, but dyed without ⟨p. 67⟩mercy, who finned against Moses, him that spake on earth, much more shall not they escape, but are worthy of a sorer punishment, who neglect the great salvation, and refuse him that speaks from Heaven, Jesus Christ.
If sinning against the light of Gods workes had so great a condemnation,