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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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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.
The thing is this: he hath enough to do at home; Judgingwork enough to do there, and Condemning-work enough to do there; and therefore he dares not play the Bishop in another mans diocess.
It is a pretty criticism, 1that the same word in the Greek, which signifieth to censure, signifieth also to be idle, implying this much to us, that he that is so busy abroad, is first idle at home: and that is the reason why true Saints are so sparing in their censures, because God suffers their own infirmities to find them so much work at home, that they have little mind or leisure to spend their severities upon other men.