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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 fifth evidential difference is this, the Prophets and servants of God, notwithstanding their sinful distempers, are very serviceable in their generations.
Moses notwithstanding his Anger, of what a choice influence amongst the people? How oft did he stand in the gap, to turn away the wrath of God?
Moses notwithstanding his Anger, of what a choyce influence amongst the people? How oft did he stand in the gap, to turn away the wrath of God?
Job, notwithstanding his fits of impatience, of what use? He was eyes to the blind, feet to the lame. The poor mans Advocate in the gate to plead his cause.
Job, notwithstanding his fits of jmpatience, of what use? He was eyes to the blinde, feet to the lame. The poor mans Advocate in the gate to plead his cause.
David, for all his slips & surprises, what a Reformer? what an admirable Ruler in his Kingdom? In his Family: Psal. 101. per totum, & sic in •aeteris. Thus Elijah, a man subject to passion, and yet what service did he do for God? for his generation? wicked men, while full of lusts, are an useless generation, good for nothing,