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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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Quest. When is that?
When sin is more then infirmity?
Answ.
1. When men are more solicitous for pardon then for Cure; they are more then infirmities: if pardon alone would quiet thy spirit without healing, thou art under a mortal disease. The Saints cry, heal me O Lord, and I shall be healed: and this is an argument of their sincerity; desire of pardon only argueth Self-Love, desire of Cure argueth love to Jesus Christ: desire of pardon, argueth men fear hell only, but desire of healing argueth men fear God; desire of pardon only showeth men would be content to live in sin if they durst; desire of Cure ⟨p. 88⟩shows men would not live in sin, if they might.
1. When men are more sollicitous for pardon then for Cure; they are more then infirmities: if pardon alone would quiet thy spirit without healing, thou art under a mortall disease. The Saints cry, heal me O Lord, and I shall be healed: and this is an argument of their sincerity; desire of pardon only argueth Self-Love, desire of Cure argueth love to Jesus Christ: desire of pardon, argueth men fear hell only, but desire of healing argueth men fear God; defire of pardon only sheweth men would be content to live in sin if they durst; desire of Cure