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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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A child of God pitieth and prayeth for those that are worse then himself. Lord, pity this poor drunkard; Lord, convince and humble this proud opposer, & sic in coeteris.
A child of God pitieth and prayeth for those that are worse then himself. Lord, pitty this poor drunkard; Lord, convince and humble this proud opposer, & sic in coeteris.
And all this upon the account of Self; He considereth what he was, what he is, what he might be, left unto himself.1
And all this upon the accompt of Self; He considereth what he was, what he is, what he might be, left unto himself.1
- 1[Greek or Hebrew], curi•sus hospes alienae domus, alienarum rerum inspector. 1 Pet. 4.15.〈non-Latin alphabet〉, curi•sus hospes alienae domus, alienarum rerum inspector. 1 Pet. 4.15.
The thing is this: he hath enough to do at home; Judging work enough to do there, and Condemning-work enough to do there; and therefore he dares not play the Bishop in another mans diocese.