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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.
Abraham. Seeing I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, I will yet say, Lord, he is the son of the promise, in whom (thou hast said that) all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; now Lord, if he die, and die a child without children, where then is the blessedness thou spakest of? what will become of the blessing?
Abraham. Seeing I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, I will yet say, Lord, he is the son of the promise, in whom (thou hast said that) all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; now Lord, if he die, and die a childe without children, where then is the blessednesse thou spakest of? what will become of the blessing?
God. Well Abraham, saith God, perform you what I command, and I will perform what I promise. What will Abraham, who was once not weak in faith, and considered not his own body, nor Sarah's, when 'twas dead, who staggered not through unbelief at my promise, but was strong in faith, and gave me glory, who was fully persuaded that what I had promised, I was able to perform, and was not disappointed of his hope, though ⟨p. 96⟩against hope; will this Abraham now call me in question? hast thou known my name, and wilt thou not trust in me? am not I the Lord who change not? have I said it, and shall it not come to pass? is there any thing too hard for God? am not I able to raise up even out of stones, to raise up children unto Abraham? Cannot I say to dry bones, live? thou hast received him from the dead in a figure, and were Isaac in the grave, could not I who am the resurrection from the dead, say, Isaac come forth? arise and walk, that thy father may receive thee with double joy, saying, Isaac my son, who was dead, (yea, who was twice dead) is alive. Abraham, offer thy son.
God. Well Abraham, saith God, perform you what I command, and I will perform what I promise. What will Abraham, who was once not weak in faith, and considered not his own body, nor Sarah's, when 'twas dead, who staggered not through unbelief at my promise, but was strong in faith, and gave me glory, who was fully perswaded that what I had promised, I was able to perform, and was not disappointed of his hope, though