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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.
Moses, the Man of God, 1honoured above all other mortals with the beatifical vision on this side glory: yet even Him we find miscarrying through unbelief, when upon the promise of God to give flesh to the people, his faith was so low, that it could rise no higher then second causes: 2Shall the flocks and herds be slain for them? not much better under that temptation, then sometime Ahab's Nobleman, who because he could not see provision enough on earth to accomplish the prophecy of plenty in Samaria, (under such an extreme exigence as it was then ⟨p. 8⟩reduced unto) thought there was not enough in Heaven; If the Lord should open windows in Heaven, might this thing be?
Moses, the Man of God, 1honoured above all other mortals with the beatifical vision on this side glory: yet even Him we finde miscarrying through unbelief, when upon the promise of God to give flesh to the people, his faith was so low, that it could rise no higher then second causes: 2Shall the flocks and herds be slain for them? not much better under that temptation, then sometime Ahabs Nobleman, who because he could not see provision enough on earth to accomplish the prophesie of plenty in Samaria, (under such an extreme exigence as it was then ⟨p. 8⟩reduced unto) thought there was not enough in Heaven; If the Lord should open windows in Heaven, might this thing be?