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Ionathan out of the honey drew the danger of death, and
A theatre of politicall flying-insects wherein especially the nature, the vvorth, the vvork, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described : together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning them : and in a second part are annexed meditations, and observations theological and moral, in three centuries upon that subject / by Samuel Purchas ...
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- A theatre of politicall flying-insects wherein especially the nature, the vvorth, the vvork, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described : together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning them : and in a second part are annexed meditations, and observations theological and moral, in three centuries upon that subject / by Samuel Purchas ...
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- Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.
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- London :: Printed by R. I. for Thomas Parkhurst ...,
- 1657.
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- Bees -- Early works to 1800.
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"A theatre of politicall flying-insects wherein especially the nature, the vvorth, the vvork, the wonder, and the manner of right-ordering of the bee, is discovered and described : together with discourses, historical, and observations physical concerning them : and in a second part are annexed meditations, and observations theological and moral, in three centuries upon that subject / by Samuel Purchas ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A56300.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 7, 2024.
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we draw evill out of good, and turne the grace of God into wantonnesse; our wealth and honours make us proud; our fa∣vours with great men to disdaine our betters; and our powers to oppresse the innocent; from the length of dayes we draw forth a multitude of sinnes; from beautie iust, and from the abundance of Gods mercie, presumptuous perseverance in sinne; but as the▪ Bee suckes honey out of the Henbane, and Sampson out of the eater drew meate, and out of the strong drew sweet∣nesse; so God which commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, did from the death of Christ bring eternall life, to as many as beleeve in him, for he gave his Sonne that whosoever beleeveth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Dr. Willia••s▪ The best re∣ligion, Ps. 2.