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Elijah's abatementEliah's abatement
Elijah's abatement: or, Corruption in the saints. Discovered and distinguished in a sermon, preached at Chatham in Kent, at the Funeral of that faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Gaulter Roswell, M.a. late preacher there. / By Tho. Case, M.A. and rector of Giles in the Fields.Eliah's abatement: or, Corruption in the saints. Discovered and distinguished in a sermon, preached at Chatham in Kent, at the Funeral of that faithful minister of the Gospel, Mr. Gaulter Roswell, M.a. late preacher there. / By Tho. Case, M.A. and rector of Giles in the Fields.
London: printed by E.T. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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A Parallel, not of Equality, but Conformity; not of Rivalry, but of Reality; to which my conscience doth subscribe as in the presence of God; and to which (I am confident) the consciences also of all judicious and impartial Christians that knew ⟨p. 43⟩him, will bear witness.
And why should any man, conceive it a presumption in me, and a boldness (almost to sacrilege) to mention a parallel between Elijah, and this servant of Jesus Christ? Considering,
And why should any man, conceive it a presumption in me, and a boldness (almost to sacriledge) to mention a parallel between Elijah, and this servant of Jesus Christ? Considering,
1. They were both but Men. The Text says Elijah was [Greek or Hebrew], A man of like passions with us. It is no in jury to persons of the highest sanctity, to look upon them as men like our selves: since the Holy Ghost himself is here our president.
1. They were both but Men. The Text saies Elias was 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, A man of like passions with us. It is no in jury to persons of the highest sanctity, to look upon them as men like our selves: since the Holy Ghost himself is here our president.