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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.
370. The Hebrews have a saying, that deus magis delectatur adverbiis quam nominibus, God is more delighted in adverbs then in nouns: 'tis not so much the matter that's done, but the manner how 'tis done that God minds. Not how much, but how well. 'Tis the well doing that meets with a well done. Let us therefore ⟨p. 172⟩serve God not nominally or verbally, but adverbially.
370. The Hebrews have a saying, that deus magis delectatur adverbiis quam nominibus, God is more delighted in adverbs then in nounes: 'tis not so much the matter that's done, but the manner how 'tis done that God minds. Not how much, but how well. 'Tis the well doing that meets with a well done. Let us therefore ⟨p. 172⟩serve God not nominally or verbally, but adverbially.
371. We think it a great matter to be known of a man and wished well, and yet thereby we become neither white nor black, the better or worse, rich or poor, for our knowledge is small in capacity, limited in effects and inefficacious in operation: but 'tis not so with Gods Knowledge. Happy they that are known of God.
371. We thinke it a great matter to be knowne of a man and wish't well, and yet thereby we become neither white nor blacke, the better or worse, rich or poore, for our knowledge is small in capacity, limited in effects and inefficacious in operation: but 'tis not so with Gods Knowledge. Happy they that are knowne of God.