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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.
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.
285. Some persons passe their few daies here in an uncomfortable & wearisom sadnesse of spirit, and come to Heaven ere they are aware; others passe their daies 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 finde himself in Heaven, then to dream of Heaven, and when one awakes, to finde himself in Hell.
286. Its better to be a child of Abraham, though called dog as the woman was; then to be a dog, and yet to be called a child as Dives was. Empty titles have but empty comforts; Judas was more a Devil, though and when Christ called him friend, then Peter was though and when Christ called him Satan. Peter though called ⟨p. 120⟩Satan, was Christ's friend, and Judas though called friend, was Christ's enemy. Peter though bid to get behind, was not cast off, and Judas though kissed, was not embraced. Mind not names, but things.
286. Its better to be a childe of Abraham, though called dog as the woman was; then to be a dog, and yet to be called a childe as Dives was. Empty titles have but empty comforts; Judas was more a Devil, though and when Christ called him friend, then Peter was though and when Christ called him Satan. Peter though called ⟨p. 120⟩Satan, was Christ's friend, and Judas though called friend, was Christ's enemy. Peter though bid to get behinde, was not cast off, and Judas though kist, was not embrac'd. Minde not names, but things.