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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.
Abraham his eminence above other Saints, was in the grace of Faith. Whence he is called the father of the faithful; as much above other believers in faith, as the father is above the rest of the Family, in dignity and honour. He is set forth as the standard and exemplar to all the Children of promise; and yet his eminent infirmity was infidelity; he stumbled twice upon the ⟨p. 7⟩threshold of unbelief, notwithstanding God had privileged him with a promise of his special presence and protection; Say, I pray thee, (Gen. 12.13. and 20.2.) Thou art my sister.
Abraham his eminence above other Saints, was in the grace of Faith. Whence he is called the father of the faithful; as much above other believers in faith, as the father is above the rest of the Family, in dignity and honour. He is set forth as the standard and exemplar to all the Children of promise; and yet his eminent infirmity was infidelity; he stumbled twice upon the ⟨p. 7⟩threshold of unbelief, notwithstanding God had priviledged him with a promise of his special presence and protection; Say, I pray thee, (Gen. 12.13. and 20.2.) Thou art my sister.
And Isaac, the son, not of his loins more then of his infirmities, halt's upon the same foot in the like temptation, Gen. 26.7.