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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 1: The First 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.
21. 'Tis a lovely sight to see a den of thieves turned into a house of prayer; but tis a loathsome sight to see an house of prayer turned into a den of thieves.
21. 'Tis a lovely sight to see a den of thieves turned into a house of prayer; but tis a lothsome sight to see an house of prayer turned into a den of theeves.
22. The least measure of grace is better then the greatest measure of gifts: for the greatest measure of gifts without grace is not, but the the least measure of grace (though without gifts) is acceptable to God in the discharge of duties.
23. 'Tis dangerous sinning against conscience, for such are in danger to make (at length) no conscience of sinning.
24. 'Tis no small mercy to be kept from small sins; but how great a mercy is it to be kept from great sins! Oh Lord, when from all sins? in the mean time, happy they who can in sincerity say, 'tis not we that sin, but sin that dwelleth in us.