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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.
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.
287. Who gives more?
God out-bids sin and Satan, and therefore surely if he that will give most shall have us, we shall be […] the Lords. Satan at most and best could (to Christ which was for all mankind at once) but say, all this will I give thee. This? Is this all? This all is nothing at all to what God offers. God offers not only these things, but greater and better things then these: for godliness hath the promise of this life, and of that to come. Who can bid more? Doth sin bid pleasures? God bids more and better; sins pleasures are but for a season, but at Gods right hand are pleasures for evermore; ever and more. Do ye bid Crowns? God bids a Crown immortal