A64808:564
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.
45. 'Twas a sad and lamentable expression of Lysimachus, who had lost his Kingdom for one draught of water, O dii, quam brevis voluptatis gratia ex rege me feci servü: Oh for ⟨p. 196⟩what a short pleasure, have I made my self of a King a slave. Alas, for what poor and short enjoyments, do men run the hazard of losing the Kingdom of God and their souls.
45. 'Twas a sad and lamentable expression of Lysimachus, who had lost his Kingdome for one draught of water, O dii, quam brevis voluptatis gratia ex rege me feci servü: Oh for ⟨p. 196⟩what a short pleasure, have I made my self of a King a slave. Alas, for what poor and short enjoyments, doe men run the hazard of losing the Kingdome of God and their souls.
46. Cleopatra told Mark Antony, 'tis not for you to fish for Gudgeons, but for Towns, Forts, and Castles. 'Tis below Christians to look after low and little things, ad majora nati, they are born, that is, new-born, to look after the kingdom of Heaven.
46. Cleopatra told Mark Antonie, 'tis not for you to fish for Gudgeons, but for Towns, Forts, and Castles. 'Tis below Christians to look after low and little things, ad majora nati, they are born, that is, new-born, to look after the kingdome of Heaven.
47. Plutarch saith of Themistocles that he accounted it below his state to stoop to take up the spoils (though chains of gold) which the enemy had scattered in the way, but said to one of his followers, thou mayest, for thou art not Themistocles. 'Tis for worldly spirits, 'tis below the state of heaven-born spirits to stoop to earthly things. Worldlings may, they are not Themistocles, they are not Saints.