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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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And thus much for the first Caution. I shall add a few more, very briefly.
And thus much for the first Caution. I shall adde a few more, very briefly.
Secondly, Caut. 2 Be tender to your brethren's infirmities, 1but severe to your own; this argues an excellent spirit, when a Christian aggravateth his own failings, but extenuates other mens; when he maketh complaints against himself, but apologies for his brethren: 2I am a wretch sold under sin; saith the Apostle of himself, But as to other believers, 3The flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh, and these are contrary the one to the other, so that ye cannot do the things that ye would: It is the very same apology, which our Lord Jesus made for his sleepy disciples in the garden; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. True Saints have apologies for others, when they have none for themselves; they can justify others while they judge themselves: the greatest fault they find is ⟨p. 118⟩with their own hearts. A true child of God is made up of Passion and Compassion; passion against himself, and Compassion towards his brethren; they condemn that in themselves, which they can excuse in another, yet not so as to suffer sin upon their brethren. Consciousness to our own Corruptions, 4should make us tender of our brethren; but our love to the souls of our brethren, should make us faithful to them. A careless passing by an offending brother, 5is our sin, not our love; and hatred, not compassion: we should bear with one another's infirmities: yet so as to be healers & physicians, to their soul distempers, not accessories. It is a sin, to speak of our brethren, but it is our duty to speak unto them;