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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, Be thankful, O ye Saints, & servants of God, if, upon those scriptural discoveries already laid down, you can evidence it to your own souls, that the remainders of corruption in your natures, are but infirmities: that sin, of a Lord, is become a slave, and of an obeyed Sovereign, is become a resisted Tyrant. Oh! it is matter of great thankfulness, that the dominion of sin is broken; Although the Saints have cause to be humbled, that they have infirmities, cause to go mourning to the very death; yet they have infinite, cause to be thankful that they are but infirmities; no longer domineering lusts, but ⟨p. 123⟩base underlings, and vassals. And therefore, while the sense of Corruption maketh them complain, with the holy Apostle, Oh wretch that I am, &c. the consideration that sin is dethroned, and remains now but as a blasted infirmity in the soul, may cause them to triumph.
Fifthly, Be thankful, O ye Saints, & servants of God, if, upon those scriptural discoveries already laid down, you can evidence it to your own soules, that the remainders of corruption in your natures, are but infirmities: that sin, of a Lord, is become a slave, and of an obeyed Soveraigne, is become a resisted Tyrant. Oh! it is matter of great thankfulness, that the dominion of sin is broken; Although the Saints have cause to be humbled, that they have infirmities, cause to go mourning to the very death; yet they have infinite, cause to be thankful that they are but infirmities; no longer domineering lusts, but ⟨p. 123⟩base underlings, and vassals. And therefore, while the sence of Corruption maketh them complain, with the holy Apostle, Oh wretch that I am, &c. the consideration that sin is dethroned, and remains now but as a blasted infirmity in the soul, may cause them to triumph.
I thank God for Jesus Christ. It was the merit of his Cross, that purchased this grace; 1