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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.
96. Said one, and I suppose a Roman, it is unbecoming a Roman spirit, to cry out, I am undone, while Caesar is safe. Oh how unbecoming Christians to cry out I am undone, while Christ and their interest in him is safe.
96. Said one, and I suppose a Roman, it is unbecomming a Roman spirit, to cry out, I am undone, while Caesar is safe. Oh how unbecoming Christians to cry out I am undone, while Christ and their interest in him is safe.
97. Galienus the Emperor, when the report came to him that Egypt was lost, what then, (said he) cannot I live without the flax of Egypt? And when word was brought that a great part of his Dominions in Asia was wasted, what then (said he) cannot I live without the delicacies of Asia? Oh for Christians to speak thus of any of their losses, from a principle of acquaintance with and enjoyment of God, is excellent. 'Tis like, very like, yea very much like that of Habakkuk, c. 3.17. though ⟨p. 217⟩the fig-tree should not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the Vines, the labour of the Olive shall fail, the fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. What? cannot I live and rejoice without the flax of Egypt, and the delicacies of Asia?
97. Galienus the Emperour, when the report came to him that Aegypt was lost, what then, (said he) cannot I live without the flax of Aegypt? And when word was brought that a great part of his Dominions in Asia was wasted, what then (said he) cannot I live without the delicacies of Asia? Oh for Christians to speak thus of any of their losses, from a principle of acquaintance with and enjoyment of God, is excellent. 'Tis like, very like, yea very much like that of