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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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Fifthly, when Infirmities serve men only for apologies, they are more then infirmities, when a man can say of any corruption, it is my infirmity, and acquiesce there, it is very dangerous. This is certain, men (in nature) do not sit down patient under infirmities, ⟨p. 91⟩because infirmities, Corruption is all wed where infirmity is the apology, and allowed corruption is more then infirmity: The Saints infirmities are their afflictions, their burdens, not their apologies. Oh wretch that I am, 1who shall deliver me? &c.
Fiftly, when Infirmities serve men only for apologies, they are more then infirmities, when a man can say of any corruption, it is my infirmity, and acquiesce there, it is very dangerous. This is certain, men (in nature) do not sit down patient under infirmities, ⟨p. 91⟩because infirmities, Corruption is all wed where infirmity is the apology, and allowed corruption is more then infirmity: The Saints infirmites are their afflictions, their burdens, not their apologies. Oh wretch that I am, 1who shall deliver me? &c.
- 1Rom 7.24.