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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.
302. Death.
—He that would try What is true happiness indeed, must dye. The good mans end is surely the beginning Of his true joy, cause 't puts an end to sinning.
—He that would try What is true happinesse indeed, must dye. The good mans end is surely the beginning Of his true joy, cause 't puts an end to sinning.
There were three Saints, Job, Elijah, and Jonah, desiring to dye out of discontent, two Saints, Simeon and Paul, content to desire death, ⟨p. 235⟩and two other Saints David and Hezekiah, not discontented, yet not content to dye: Lord, let me rather be content to dye, then be discontented to live; for though having with Simeon seen thy salvation, I desire to depart in peace; and with Paul, long to be with Christ, which is far better; yet I dare not out-face thee as Jonah did, to say 'tis better for me to dye then to live; Surely 'tis not good to dye in anger, nor well to be angry unto death. Let this be the care of my soul, that while I live, I may live to thee, and then when I dye, I shall live with thee. So thou mayest be magnified, its no matter whether it be by life or death; yet seeing (as Hezekiah said) 'tis the living praise thee, Oh (as David prayed) spare me a little, and give me strength (to do thy will) before I go hence and be no more seen.
There were three Saints, Job, Elias, and Jonah, desiring to dye out of discontent, two Saints, Simeon and Paul, content to desire death, ⟨p. 235⟩and two other Saints David and Hezekiah, not discontented, yet not content to dye: Lord, let me rather be content to dye, then be discontented to live; for though having with Simeon seen thy salvation, I desire to depart in peace; and with Paul, long to be with Christ, which is farre better; yet I dare not out-face thee as Jonah did, to say 'tis better for me to dye then to live; Surely 'tis not good to dye in anger, nor well to be angry unto death. Let this be the care of my soul, that while I live, I may live to thee, and then when I dye, I shall live with thee. So thou mayest be magnified, its no matter whether it be by life or death; yet seeing (as Hezekiah said) 'tis the living praise thee, Oh (as David pray'd) spare me a little, and give me strength (to do thy will) before I go hence and be no more seen.