A64808:598
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.
79. One day when Phocion had delivered his advice among a great assembly of people, and seeing that with one accord they all approved his speech, he was ashamed; and turning toward his friends, said, What, have I spoken some words that are not good, that this people speak well of it? A good man may in some cases be jealous of himself when the bad approves him. Woe unto you when all men speak well of you.
79. One day when Phocion had deliver'd his advice among a great assembly of people, and seeing that with one accord they all approved his speech, he was ashamed; and turning toward his friends, said, What, have I spoken some words that are not good, that this people speak wel of it? A good man may in some cases be jealous of himself when the bad approves him. Woe unto you when all men speak well of you.
80. One asking Agesilaus the great, what children should learn when they were young? answered, that which they were to practise when they were grown up. Teach a child the trade of his way, ⟨p. 210⟩and when he is old he will not depart from it.
80. One asking Agesilaus the great, what children should learn when they were young? answered, that which they were to practise when they were grown up. Teach a childe the trade of his way, ⟨p. 210⟩and when he is old he will not depart from it.
81. 'Tis said of the Lacedaemonians, that they never asked how many their enemies were, but where they were. So should Christians fall on and fight the good fight of faith, without considering the numbers that come against them.