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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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ELIJAH'S ABATEMENT: Or, CORRUPTION In the SAINTS.ELIAH'S ABATEMENT: Or, CORRUPTION In the SAINTS.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The words are a demonstration or evidence of the power and efficacy of prayer; That prayer rightly managed cannot want success. The instance is taken from Elijah; of what prevalency his prayers were ⟨p. 2⟩with God; the influences of the Heavens were bound up in his prayers, It raineth not, and raineth, as Elijah will. He prayed earnestly, 1and it rained not, &c. And he prayed again, and the Heavens gave rain.
THe words are a demonstration or evidence of the power and efficacy of prayer; That prayer rightly managed cannot want success. The instance is taken from Elias; of what prevalency his prayers were ⟨p. 2⟩with God; the influences of the Heavens were bound up in his prayers, It raineth not, and raineth, as Elias will. He prayed earnestly, 1and it rained not, &c. And he prayed again, and the Heavens gave rain.
- 1Vir iste potuit quod voluit.
Elijah, might some one say: Yea, He, indeed, might do much with God; a mighty Prophet, a man of eminent holiness, and of high acquaintance with God; a Favourite of Heaven, à Secretioribus, one of Gods privy Counsellors (as it were:) no wonder if his prayers were of such potency with the Almighty: But I am no Elijah, but a poor sinful creature, pressed down with a double weight, a body of flesh, and a body of sin: and shall the prayers of such a weak sinful wretch as I am, find access to, or acceptance with, the Holy God?
Elias, might some one say: Yea, He, indeed, might do much with God; a mighty Prophet, a man of eminent holiness, and of high acquaintance with God; a Favourite of Heaven, à Secretioribus, one of Gods privy Counsellours (as it were:) no wonder if his prayers were of such potency with the Almighty: But I am no Elias, but a poor sinful creature, pressed down with a double weight, a body of flesh, and a body of sin: and shall the prayers of such a weak sinful wretch as I am, find access to, or acceptance with, the Holy God?