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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.
And you dear souls that are offended, let me beseech you in the bowels of our Lord Jesus Christ, not to think the worse of Preaching, if Preachers be bad, nor to think that the Gospel preached is faulty, because the Preachers are in fault. Oh let your profiting be known to all men, do not refuse an Heavenly treasure, though in an Earthly Vessel; nor think the worse of the Gospel, though Judas be a Preacher. As ⟨p. 219⟩thou lovest thy soul, do not be offended with that which is without offence, though he that brings it do offend.
And you dear souls that are offended, let me beseech you in the bowels of our Lord Jesus Christ, not to think the worse of Preaching, if Preachers be bad, nor to think that the Gospel preacht is faulty, because the Preachers are in fault. Oh let your profiting be known to all men, do not refuse an Heavenly treasure, though in an Earthly Vessel; nor think the worse of the Gospel, though Judas be a Preacher. As ⟨p. 219⟩thou lovest thy soul, do not be offended with that which is without offence, though he that brings it do offend.
284. He that gives most may do most good to others; but he that gives best, doth most good to himself.
285. Some persons pass their few days here in an uncomfortable & wearisome sadness of spirit, and come to Heaven ere they are aware; others pass their days in a golden dream of jollity, & drop into Hell afore they think of it. Its better to dream of Hell, and when one awakes to find himself in Heaven, then to dream of Heaven, and when one awakes, to find himself in Hell.