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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.
We even put God to it to know what to do with us; and if he did not cross us, 'twould be a curse to us; 'tis well for us that 'tis all with us; if it were not bad, it would be worse; there's scarce any thing (though we scarce think it so) that we are more beholding to God for, then for crossing us; for woe to us, if he let us alone, 'tis ten to one but hearts desires and lean ⟨p. 231⟩souls would go together.
We e'ne put God to it to know what to do with us; and if he did not crosse us, 'twould be a curse to us; 'tis well for us that 'tis all with us; if it were not bad, it would be worse; there's scarce any thing (though we scarce think it so) that we are more beholding to God for, then for crossing us; for woe to us, if he let us alone, 'tis ten to one but hearts desires and lean ⟨p. 231⟩souls would go together.
298. Moderation.
A moderate mind will be content with a moderate estate, and nothing more conduceth to moderation then to know that the time is short, and the Lord is at hand; he that thinks seriously of these two, can neither be careless nor covetous: let us then be carelessly careful, and carefully careless: let us be careful of to day, and careless of to morrow, for sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.
A moderate minde will be content with a moderate estate, and nothing more conduceth to moderation then to know that the time is short, and the Lord is at hand; he that thinks seriously of these two, can neither be carelesse nor covetous: let us then be carelesly careful, and carefully carelesse: let us be careful of to day, and carelesse of to morrow, for sufficient to the day is the evil thereof.