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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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It is the divinity of our times, That the Ministers of the Gospel must live upon the Contributions of the people; the people may indent with him for his work, but he must not indent with them for his wages; he must be bound, but they be free: and I would they were free indeed. An expedient, which these times have found out, to tie up the Ministers tongue under their girdles: flatterers ⟨image 14⟩by this means may, probably, scrape out a livelihood; but, faithful ones (without special providence) are likely to be starved; They hate him that reproveth in the gate.
It is the divinity of our times, That the Ministers of the Gospel must live upon the Contributions of the people; the people may indent with him for his work, but he must not indent with them for his wages; he must be bound, but they be free: and I would they were free indeed. An expedient, which these times have found out, to tye up the Ministers tongue under their girdles: flatterers ⟨image 14⟩by this means may, probably, scrape out a livelyhood; but, faithful ones (without special providence) are likely to be sterved; They hate him that reproveth in the gate.
It is in the power of your hand to prevent this mischief. I know not any Congregation, of that quality, in England, wherein it is a matter of more facility, & less charge, to raise up a liberal subsistence for a faithful Minister, then your CHATHAM is. (I know what I say;) Worthy Friends, make not ⟨image 15⟩your Minister an Almsman, that the poor man dare not to reprove sin lest one of my Masters withdraw his contribution. In this sense I would have him be an Independent; that he may speak the truth of God without fear.
It is in the power of your hand to prevent this mischief. I know not any Congregation, of that quality, in England, wherein it is a matter of more facility, & less charge, to raise up a liberal subsistence for a faithful Minister, then your CHATHAM is. (I know what I say;) Worthy Friends, make not