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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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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.
I accuse none, I caution all; that while (possibly) you enquire into the cause of such an unexpected stroke, every one may ⟨image 7⟩*bethink themselves, and cry with the Disciples, Lord, is it I? Ah! Lord, was my murmuring, my unthankfulness, my unanswerable conversation, my unrighteous opposition, &c. the cause of this sore displeasure? That which I see not, 2show thou me; and, if I have done wickedly, I will do so no more.
I accuse none, I caution all; that while (possibly) you enquire into the cause of such an unexpected stroke, every one may ⟨image 7⟩*bethink themselves, and cry with the Disciples, Lord, is it I? Ah! Lord, was my murmuring, my unthankfulness, my unanswerable conversation, my unrighteous opposition, &c. the cause of this sore displeasure? That which I see not, 2shew thou me; and, if I have done wickedly, I will do so no more.
- *1 King. 8.47. [Greek or Hebrew] If they return to their heart.1 King. 8.47. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 If they return to their heart.
- 2Job 34.3.