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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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But gracious Souls go bowed down under their infirmities; they spread them before the Lord, and judge themselves for them daily at Gods tribunal.
But gracions Souls go bowed down under their infirmities; they spread them before the Lord, and judge themselves for them daily at Gods tribunal.
And this is a good sign, they are but infirmities, and no more, they cannot bear them patiently: woe is me for my wound is grievous: my wounds stink and are corrupt.
And this is a good sign, they are but infirmities, and no more, they cannot bear them patiently: wo is me for my wound is grievous: my wounds stinck and are corrupt.
Carnal people plead for their lusts, and make Apologies for their corruptions; did ever any godly man do so? This is a sign, it is more then infirmity.
Third Evidence: Evid. 3 In the next place; Corruption is then infirmity when we labour to have them cured: gracious Souls carry their spiritual distempers to the great Physician, with the Prophet Jeremiah his petition, 1