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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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He coveted no mans silver or gold, never any man passed under harder pressures, with greater silence and contentedness: He had but little, yet when demanded how it was with him? he would always reply (with much ⟨p. 62⟩cheerfulness, he had enough, and wanted nothing.
He coveted no mans silver or gold, never any man passed under harder pressures, with greater silence and contendednesse: He had but little, yet when demanded how it was with him? he would alwayes reply (with much ⟨p. 62⟩cheerfulnesse, he had enough, and wanted nothing.
Yea, in the midst of all his straits, he was not only unquerulous, but liberal, liberal even to profuseness: He never cared how little was given him, nor how much he gave to others, that were due objects of charity: Covetous he was, only in laying out for Christ, not in laying up for himself: and surely his compassionate spirit had undone him long since, had not that promise recruited him. 1The liberal man deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand: and Psal. 37.26. he is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is blessed. The Lord make good this his promise to this surviving Orphans.
Yea, in the midst of all his straits, he was not only unquerulous, but liberal, liberal even to profusenesse: He never cared how little was given him, nor how much he gave to others, that were due objects of charity: Covetous he was, only in laying out for Christ, not in laying up for himself: and surely his compassionate spirit had undone him long since, had not that promise recruited him. 1The liberal man deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things he shall stand: and