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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64808	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.	Venning, Ralph, 1621?-1674.	1653 (1653)	Wing V198; ESTC R7804	72,507	246

withheld thy son thine onely son Isaac was but a shadow and the offering up of Isaac but a shadow of the offering ●p of the Son of God Oh what a ●ove-token is this herein is the ●●ve of God manifested in this ●od commendeth his love God 〈◊〉 love the world that he gave ●s Son and that to death that his Son might give life to us Was ever love like thine That thou wouldst part with a Son such a Son so precious in himself so precious in thine eyes who was thy Sabbath thy rest in whom thou wert well pleased for sinners for enemies who did wickedly even as they could Ah Lord never was there love like thine Thy love Oh Lord to mee Surpasseth that of Abraham to thee 258. Boldnesse in Prayer God gives all men leave to pray but he gives his people leave to be bold in prayer and that not onely for themselves to say as Jacob I will not let thee goe but for others as Moses for Israel and as Luther said thy will be done Remarkable is the boldnes which Abraham used with God in the case of Sodome Gen. 18.23 where he seems at the first dash to charge God with a kinde of injustice and yet but upon a peradventure six times he comes to God and alwaies with but a peradventure he fell a great fall from fifty to ten that but with a peradventure and yet God gives him the hearing yea seems willing to have taken lesse if Abraham had but had the boldnesse to bring his fifty to five Is God no more Almighty What is Pray'r Bold creature Pray'r becomes God's Conquerour Rare Stratagem of war Pray'r wins the field Yet God 's not overcome but God doth yield 259. Let not the left hand know what the right hand doth When a Christian is about to perform any duty he should say to himself as Abraham said unto his yong men Gen. 22.5 Abide you here with the Asse and I and the lad will goe yonder and worship onely let him leave out this and come again Self tarry you here flesh tarry you here I and my spirit must goe and worship a poor soul may say many times the spirit is in him but oh 't is glorious when one can say that he is in the Spirit and can attend upon God without distraction Ah my dear Lord divorce my self from mee Then single I will singly worship thee Yet one wish more for better two then one And 't is not good for man to be alone That I may to thee double honor give Let thine in me and me in thy Spirit live 260. An heavenly use of earthly things Use recreations and that which is more necessary very eating and drinking and sleeping not as things which thou likest but as things which thou lackest not out of lust but necessity Look on all the pleasures of this world either as sins or snares and then thou wilt not take too much pleasure in this world Use all Earthly things as thou dost a pair of stairs by which thou goest up to thy chamber but still keepest them under thy feet though thou put forth thine hand yet keep in thine heart and be sure that while the things of earth have thy body the things of Heaven may have thy soul though all things be lawfull to thee yet come not under the power of any Let not thy servants be thy masters thou wert not made to serve thine estate thy body and thy sensual appetite but they were made to serve thee Use thine estate then to serve thy bodily-occasions and thy body to serve thy soul-occafions and thy soul to observe Gods Commandements thus all thou doest will be a glory to thee because all that 's thus done decently and in order is done to the glory of God and thus while others turn their service of God into a bodily exercise thou maiest turn thy bodily exercise into the service of God 261. Improvement Were men but as wise for eternity as they are for time and did they spiritually improve their natural principles for their souls as they do naturally for their bodies and estates what precious Christians might men be for instance 1. Principle To believe good news well grounded Why then is not the Gospel which is the best and best grounded news in the world believed 2. To love what 's lovely and that most which is most lovely Why then is not Christ the beloved of mens souls seeing he is altogether lovely 3. To fear that which will hurt them Why then are not men afraid to sin seeing nothing is so hurtful to them as sin 4. Not to trust a known deceiver why then doe men trust 1. Satan the old Serpent the deceiver of the world 2. The world and its deceitful riches 3. Their own hearts which are deceitful above knowledge Alas 5. To lay up for a rainy day for old age Why then doe not men lay up for eternity treasures of faith and good works against the day of death and judgement 6. He that will give most shall have it Why doe not men give their love and service to God then Doth not he bid most 7. Take warning by others harms Why do not men take heed of sinning from the sufferings and torments which others undergoe for sinning 8. To have something to shew under mens hands because they are mortal Why then will not men have something to shew under Gods hand for their security to salvation seeing not God but they are mortall Ah if men did but walk by their own rules and improve such and many others of their own Principles what an help would it be to godlinesse But alas God may complain of men as of his people of old my people doe not consider men do not consider 262. How bad soever they are who professe the truth yet the truth which they professe is never the worse if they offend and wrong their souls doe not thou be offended and wrong thine owne soul 263. We many alas too many times have to doe with God without confidering what we have or with whom we have to doe 264. Some good things come to the Saints in this life but the rest and the best is reserved for the life to come 265. Recreation Some men are so much at and so much in recreations that they lose the recreation of recreation let it be but short and 't will be the sweeter especially if thou preserve thine heart to be as free to goe off as to come on else 't is to be fear'd that if thou worke at thy play thou wilt play at thy work for he that makes his recreation a businesse will thinke his businesse a toile and if once thy calling be a wearines thou wilt soon be weary of thy calling and then ther 's roome made for the next lust that offer 's it selfe to thy service that thou mai'st offer thy selfe to ' its service 266. The day of Judgement The day of judgement will be to

ERRATA PAge 3. sentence 23. for for all read all for p. 17. s 135. for Gods read God p. 28. s 223. for over-read undervalued p. 31. s 254. for fearfull read faithfull p. 35. s 280. for complements read complement p. 39. s 312. for robs read rob In the Paradoxes Page 10. sentence 49. for ye read yea 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 Despise not small things you may make much of a little London Prinred by S. Griffin for John Rothwell at the Fountaine and Beare in Goldsmiths Row in Cheap-side 1653. To the READER Friend I Cannot tell how to invite thee because I know not whether the entertainment be worthy of thee if thou look for dainties and rarities I fear thou wilt not make a good meal here if plain fare will be acceptable come and welcome and much good may it doe thee as to my self if thou wonder why I write thus be pleased to know that I write not to please men or for the praise of men for I am sufficiently assured that these are not the things nor this the way by which I should get glory if it were in mine eye the best of it is I am afore-hand with all men in this that none can think more meanly of what I have done then I my self doe and therefore I shall not think my self undervalued though thou put no value upon it 't is such as I believe all will not like nor will all dislike though all will not be pleased yet some will not be displeased to read it I call on no man to commend it but on any that finds fault to come and mend it to doe better things then these or these things better 'T is common and easie to find faults in our selves and others that are to be mended but hard and rare to mend the faults that are to be found Haply some would perswade thee and me to believe that some other things of mine and writing another way might be more serviceable have a litle patience and if God give life and ability I may in due time make trial for I would willingly doe good by any and every talent that God hath given me These are not the first but though I have remains are very like to be the last of my Juvenilia or youthful collections Some Scriptures are onely alluded to that I might give an hint to this that the Scriptures a store-house which would furnish with such variety of illustration and exemplification that we need not goe down to the Philistines to sharpen our axes nor travel so much for Outlandish rarities to garnish Sermons and Dicsourses the dishes of Gospel-grace withal I have made some application of Heathen instances also and could wish that many who go under a better name were but so good men and that the Israelites did the Sanctuary as much service as the Gibeonites Some stories are interwoven which I hope may passe for more then table-talk and serve in better stead then many vain idle soul-infecting stories which are too too often told to passe away time without any tendency to spiritual improvement If it be said many of these things are to bee found elsewhere I grant it yet many will finde them here which else perhaps had never known they had been elsewhere To be short if thou think 't will doe thee any good goe on if not forbear though I hope thou wilt not place it among thy lost time if thou peruse it nay haply thou wilt allow mee some grains for my weaknesse when thou perceivest that I meant well and was at least willing to doe thy soul good If it bee not done now I will watch and wait when and till I can for surely I shall be a lover of souls and endeavour to doe them good while I have a beeing August 1654. RALPH VENNING CANAANS Flowings OR More Milk and Honey BEING Another Collation of many Christian Experiences Sayings Sentences and severall places of Scripture improved The First Century 1. SOme men would Professors did not mind this world so much as if it would never have an end and the World to come so little as if it would never have a beginning 2. Professors need not be so much affected with the goods of this world for the best is not good enough to make an Heaven nor need they be so much afflicted with the evils of it for the worst is not bad enough to make an Hell 3. Any thing the best on this s'ide Heaven compared with that is misery and any thing the worst on this side Hell compared with that is mercy 4. Saints should and doe if they doe as they should look upon all the commands of God as easie and pleasant 1. because commanded by God that loves them 2. because to be obeyed by them that love God 5. Seeing God doth all things well we should think well of all things which God doth 6. Christians should not onely purpose to be religious but they should be religious to purpose 7. To worship God in spirit is the spirit of our worship flesh is unsuitable and unacceptable 8. If we should be much thankfull for a little mercy what a shame is it to be but a little thankfull for much mercy 9. Seeing God was so willing to put his son to death for our sakes how oh how willing should we be to put our sins to death for Gods sake 10. If pleasures are as indeed they are displeasing Eccles 2.12 Vespatian was tired with a triumph what then are displeasures if our recreations are toylsome what are our toyles if our ease be painfull what is our pain on this side the enjoyment of God there is no rest for all the rest is vanity and vexation of spirit 11. It behoves Christians to be often in self-trial and to be alwaies in self-denial 12. Sinners are alive to that which Saints are dead viz. sin and dead to that to which Saints are alive viz. righteousnesse 13. Sin may be in his heart who is a Saint but his heart who is a Saint cannot be in sin 14. The doctrine of the Gospel is not onely able to comfort but 't is a comfortable doctrine 15. There are many who hold the truth which they are to do but doe not doe the truth which they hold thus holding truth in unrighteousnesse they have the wrath of God reveald from Heaven against them because they received not the love of the truth which was revealed from heaven to them 16. Much is but little where more is expected and good is not good where better is expected 17. Some men forget to pray others forget what they have prayed and others forget that they have prayed so little of their heart is in duty and so little impression of duty is in