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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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Elijah was a persecuted Prophet, Paral. 10 one of those our Saviour mentions, 1in his Beatitudes: so persecuted they the Prophets that were before you: persecuted by Ahab, and persecuted by Jezebel, put to fly for his life; and often driven by the severer dispensations of providence from place to place: he was one of those holy wanderers, the Holy Ghost makes mention of Heb. 11.37. they wandered about in Sheep-skins, and Goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.
Elias was a persecuted Prophet, Paral. 10 one of those our Saviour mentions, 1in his Beatitudes: so persecuted they the Prophets that were before you: persecuted by Ahab, and persecuted by Jezabel, put to flye for his life; and often driven by the severer dispensations of providence from place to place: he was one of those holy wanderers, the Holy Ghost makes mention of Heb. 11.37. they wandred about in Sheep-skins, and Goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.
- 1Mar. 5.12. 1 Kings 10.18. Ch. 19.1, 2, 3.
This faithful Minister of the Gospel he had his share in the persecution of the times wherein he lived, from his very first entrance upon his Ministry: according to the prophecy of our Saviour; Matth. 5.11, 12. and truly it had been a wonder if he ⟨p. 33⟩