Elijah's abatementEliah's abatement

Name: Elijah's abatement
Author: Thomas Case

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.

Thomas Case 1598–1682London: printed by E.T. for Luke Fawn, 1658

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Dedication: To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PET Esq.…Dedication: To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PETT Esq.…

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To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PET Esq. one of the Commissioners of the Navy; RICH. ISACKSON Esq. Capt. PHINEHAS PET, His Loving and Respected NEPHEW; Capt. JOHN PILGRIM, With the rest of the Inhabitants of Chatham in Kent.

To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PETT Esq. one of the Commissioners of the Navie; RICH. ISACKSON Esq. Capt. PHINEAS PETT, His Loving and Respected NEPHEW; Capt. JOHN PILGRIM, With the rest of the Inhabitants of Chatham in Kent.

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Worthy and well-beloved Friends,

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THE death of a faithful Minister the Gospel is no small ⟨image 3⟩loss unto a people, especially when the spirit of error and seduction is gone out into the world: It is like the taking off a Shepherd from his Flock, when the Wolves are abroad; or, the Hen from her Chickens, when the birds of prey are upon the wing: It is like the removing of a Watch-man from his Watch-Tower, when the enemy is upon his march; a skilful Pilot from the Helm, or, the Helm from the Ship, in the midst of a tempestuous and a fluctuating ⟨image 3⟩Sea; like the slaughter of a General in the head of his Army, when the Enemy is ready to Charge. Surely none of these are of more fatal influence in the affairs of the worldly state, then the other of the Evangelical.

THE death of a faithfull Minister the Gospel is no small ⟨image 3⟩losse unto a people, especially when the spirit of errour and seduction is gone out into the world: It is like the taking off a Shepherd from his Flock, when the Wolves are abroad; or, the Hen from her Chickens, when the birds of prey are upon the wing: It is like the removing of a Watch-man from his Watch-Tower, when the enemy is upon his march; a skilful Pilot from the Helm, or, the Helm from the Ship, in the midst of a tempestuous and a fluctuating

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To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PET Esq. one of the Commissioners of the Navy; RICH. ISACKSON Esq. Capt. PHINEHAS PET, His Loving and Respected NEPHEW; Capt. JOHN PILGRIM, With the rest of the Inhabitants of Chatham in Kent.

To his much honoured FRIENDS, CHARLES BOWLS Esq. High Sheriff of Kent; PETER PETT Esq. one of the Commissioners of the Navie; RICH. ISACKSON Esq. Capt. PHINEAS PETT, His Loving and Respected NEPHEW; Capt. JOHN PILGRIM, With the rest of the Inhabitants of Chatham in Kent.

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