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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
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.
37. 'Tis said of Fabricius, that he was so just, as you might sooner turn the course of the Sun, then turn Fabricius from doing justice. And Aristides was so famous for justice, that he was called by the name of Aristides the just. When two came before him, said he that accused the other, Aristides, this man did you such an jniury at such a time, to which and whom Aristides answered, Friend I sit not here to hear what he hath done against me, but what he hath done against thee. Oh that Christians were so famous for holiness, and justice, that ⟨p. 194⟩it might be said, there's such an one the humble, such an one the meek, such an one the holy, such an one the just, such an one the patient: it could have been said of Noah and Abraham, and Moses, Job, &c. and why not of us?
37. 'Tis said of Fabricius, that he was so just, as you might sooner turne the course of the Sun, then turne Fabricius from doing justice. And Aristides was so famous for justice, that he was called by the name of Aristides the just. When two came before him, said he that accused the other, Aristides, this man did you such an jniury at such a time, to which and whom Aristides answered, Friend I sit not here to heare what he hath done against me, but what he hath done against thee. Oh that Christians were so famous for holinesse, and justice, that ⟨p. 194⟩it might be said, there's such an one the humble, such an one the meek, such an one the holy, such an one the just, such an one the patient: it could have been said of Noah and Abraham, and Moses, Job, &c. and why not of us?
41. When the Tyrant commanded that Anaxarchus should be put into a mortar, and beaten to pieces with an iron pestle, he cries out to his persecutors, you do but beat the vessel, the husk of Anaxarchus, you do not beat me. Men may kill the body, and they can do no more.