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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.
295. Riches are called thorns, ⟨p. 128⟩such riches may be touched, but not rested upon; canst thou set thine heart upon a thorn, without piercing thy self through with many sorrows.
295. Riches are called thornes, ⟨p. 128⟩such riches may be touch'd, but not rested upon; can'st thou set thine heart upon a thorne, without pierceing thy selfe through with many sorrowes.
128. Self oondemned in another.
128. Selfe oondemned in another.
We many times condemn others, and therein pass sentence against our selves; thus Judah said of Tamar, bring her forth, and let her be burnt, not considering that he spake the word against his own soul: thus David to Nathan, the man that hath done this thing shall dye; not considering that he was the man. Lord wherein I have sinned, help me to pull out mine own beam, before I judge another for his moat; and wherein others have sinned, help me so to judge their frailties, as considering my self least I also should be tempted, and then I should as much need their pity, as they now need mine.
We many times condemne others, and therein passe sentence against our selves; thus Judah said of Tamar, bring her forth, and let her be burnt, not considering that he spake the word against his owne soul: thus David to Nathan, the man that hath done this thing shall dye; not considering that he was the mau. Lord wherein I have sinned, helpe me to pull out mine owne beame, before I judge another for his moate; and wherein others have sinned, helpe me so to junge their frailties, as considering my selfe least I also should be tempted, and then I should as much need their pity, as they now need mine.