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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.
71. After Antigonus had bin a long time sick of a lingering disease, and well recovered again, he said, we have gotten no harm by this long sickness; for this hath taught us not to be so proud, by putting us in mind that we are but mortal. 'Twas good for me that I was afflicted.
71. After Antigonus had bin a long time sicke of a lingring disease, and well recovered againe, he said, we have gotten no harme by this long sickenesse; for this hath taught us not to be so proud, by putting us in mind that we are but mortall. 'Twas good for me that I was aflicted.
72. Paedaretus being not chosen one of the great council consisting of three hundred men, returned with joy, saying, I am glad that in the city of Sparta there are found three hundred better men then my self. We should rejoice in common good, though carried on by others, and we our selves have no hand in it.
72. Paedaretus being not chosen one of the great councell consisting of three hundred men, returned with joy, saying, I am glad that in the city of Sparta there are found three hundred better men then my selfe. We should rejoyce in common good, though carried on by others, and we our selves have no hand in it.
73. Endamedas seeing Zenoerates ⟨p. 207⟩an old man studying philosophy with young scholars in an Academy, demanded of one that stood by what he was, and being told that he was one that sought after virtue, said he, if he be still studying and still seeking it, when will he use and practise it. Alas how many are there that are ever learning, but never come to the knowledge of the truth.