A64808:576
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.
57. Xenophanes when one Lasus called him coward, because he would not play at dice with him, said, I confess I am a very coward in these things that are evil, for I dare do nothing at all. 'Tis better to be reproached for not doing evil, then to do evil to avoid reproach.
57. Xenophanes when one Lasus call'd him coward, because hee would not play at dice with him, said, I confess I am a very coward in these things that are evil, for I dare do nothing at all. 'Tis better to be reproacht for not doing evil, then to do evil to avoid reproach.
58. Pericles being requested by a friend to bear false witness in his behalf, and to bind it with an Oath, told him, I am your friend as far as the Altar, as if he had said, saving my conscience, and duty to the gods, when any would have us sin, let's tell them, your friend, or your servant, usque ad ⟨p. 201⟩aras, I will do any thing to please and pleasure you, except displeasing God and my conscience.
58. Pericles being requested by a friend to bear false witnesse in his behalf, and to binde it with an Oath, told him, I am your friend as far as the Altar, as if he had said, saving my conscience, and duty to the gods, when any would have us sin, let's tell them, your friend, or your servant, usque ad ⟨p. 201⟩aras, I will do any thing to please and pleasure you, except displeasing God and my conscience.
59. When Agesilaus his own father would have had him give sentence in a cause contrary to the Law; father, quoth he, your self have taught me from my very childhood, to obey the Laws; I will therefore be obedient to your good precepts, and pass no judgement against the Law. In such cases we should know no man after the flesh, but be as Levi, who knew not his own father.