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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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The Devil was a Coward, and durst not set upon this holy man, till he thought Faith and Reason, and (almost) Sense were exhausted, and could make no resistance. But the Lord Jesus having loved this his Disciple, loved him to the end: and was strong in his weak servant to overcome the Devil, in this last encounter, so that he breathed out his soul and his doxology together, THANKS BE TO GOD FOR JESUS CHRIST.
The Devil was a Coward, and durst not set upon this holy man, till he thought Faith and Reason, and (almost) Sence were exhausted, and could make no refistance. But the Lord Jesus having loved this his Disciple, loved him to the end: and was strong in his weak servant to overcome the Devil, in this last encounter, so that he breathed out his soul and his doxologie together, THANKS BE TO GOD FOR JESƲS CHRIST.
And yet let us follow Elijah a step or two further with Elisha his servant: Paral. 14 1Elijah went up to heaven in a fiery Chariot: our Brother was carried up in a burning fever, or rather he ascended up into glory in the triumphant Chariot of victorious assurance ⟨p. 69⟩of the love of God in Jesus Christ. Rom. 8.37.
And yet let us follow Elias a step or two further with Elishah his servant: Paral. 14 1Elias went up to heaven in a fiery Chariot: our Brother was carried up in a burning fever, or rather he ascended up into glory in the triumphant Chariot of victorious assurance ⟨p. 69⟩of the love of God in Jesus Christ. Rom. 8.37