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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.
75. Agesilaus the great being asked how a man might gain himself the greatest name and reputation, if (said he) a man say well and do better. No such good ⟨p. 208⟩name as that which good works do get.
75. Agesilaus the great being askt how a man might gaine himselfe the greatest name and reputation, if (said he) a man say well and doe better. No such good ⟨p. 208⟩name as that which good workes doe get.
76. Alexander Commanded his treasurer to give Anaxarchus the Philosopher, whatsoever he demanded, and when his treasurer brought him word that he craved an excessive sum, viz. an hundred talents, The man said Alexander doth very well, knowing as he doth that he hath such a friend of me as both can and will bestow so much upon him. We may ask great things of the great God, being assured that he both can and will make good his promises. He will give like a God.
76. Alexander Commanded his treasurer to give Anaxarchus the Philosopher, whatsoever he demanded, and when his trasurer brought him word that he craved an excessive sum, viz. an hundred talents, The man said Alexander doth very well, knowing as he doth that he hath such a friend of me as both can and will bestow so much upon him. We may aske great things of the great God, being assured that he both can and will make good his promises. He will give like a God.
77. When the Pilot of Antigonus his own Galley came to him and told him that the enemy had a far greater number of ships then they, said he, being here in person, for how many ships doest thou reckon me? how many soever and how strong soever our enemies be, yet having Christ with us, there is