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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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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.
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 busie 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 leasure to spend their severities upon other men.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] otior, arguo. 1 Tim. 5.13. fust, [Greek or Hebrew], and then [Greek or Hebrew]. First they do not what they should at home, and then they do more then they should abroad.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 otior, arguo. 1 Tim. 5.13. fust, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and then 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. First they do not what they should at home, and then they do more then they should abroad.
They that cannot bear with infirmities in their brethren, say their prayers, with more pride then faith: surely we are to allow our fellow servants for their infirmities, though we are not to allow them in their infirmities; God permits them a being in the choicest of his servants, upon that very account.