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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 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 ⟨image 15⟩your Minister an Almesman, that the poor man dare not to reprove sin lest one of my Masters withdraw his contribution. In this sence I would have him be an Independent; that he may speak the truth of God without fear.
Sixthly, Adv. 6 Forget not the labour of love, and the work of faith, of Him that now is at rest with God: His dear and precious Relicts are yet with you; what He is not capable of in person, pay unto his posterity: It is ⟨image 15⟩but a small matter, when you have reaped of the Fathers Spirituals, that his Orphan-Family partake of your temporals: He was content to leave them poor, that he might make you rich; in the midst of your riches, let not his precious relations remain poor.
Sixthly, Adv. 6 Forget not the labour of love, and the work of faith, of Him that now is at rest with God: His dear and precious Relicts are yet with you; what He is not capable of in person, pay unto his posterity: It is ⟨image 15⟩