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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.
'Tis a great mercy to be one of Gods, though but one of his little ones, yea the least of all; to be a Star, though not of the first magnitude: to be a Disciple though not a John, nor one of the three, nor one of the twelve, nor one of the seventy. But to be a John, a darling, to lean on his breast, to lye in his bosom, Oh how great a mercy! 'tis mercy to be new borne, though one be but newly & as one newly borne, but to grow up to a perfect Stature to be a man in Christ Jesus, Oh how great a mercy! Lord perfect all that which concerns thy Servant, yea, that which concerns all thy Servants.
'Tis a great mercy to be one of Gods, though but one of his little ones, yea the least of all; to be a Starre, though not of the first magnitude: to be a Disciple though not a John, nor one of the three, nor one of the twelve, nor one of the seaventy. But to be a John, a darling, to leane on his breast, to lye in his bosome, Oh how great a mercy! ti's mercy to be new borne, though one be but newly & as one newly borne, but to grow up to a perfect Stature to be a man in Christ Jesus, Oh how great a mercy! Lord perfect all that which coneerns thy Servant, yea, that which concerns all thy Servants.
257. A Dialogue between God and Abraham: Wherein is evinced 1. Abraham's faith, Heb. 11.17, 18, 19. 2. Abraham's fear, Gen. 22.12.
He feared God, but was not afraid of God: His faith was all tried, yet not at all tired, but rejoiced as a strong man to run his race, which was the more to be admired, if we consider what ifs and ands, what put offs and objections, Abraham might have made, when God tempted Abraham and said.