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The silent soul, with sovereign antidotes against the most miserable exigentsThe silent soul, with soveraign antidotes against the most miserable exigents
The silent soul, with sovereign antidotes against the most miserable exigents: or, A Christian with an olive-leaf in his mouth, when he is under the greatest afflictions, the sharpest and sorest trials and troubles, the saddest and darkest providences and changes, with answers to divers questions and objections that are of greatest importance, all tending to win and work souls to be still, quiet, calm and silent under all changes that have, or may pass upon them in this world, &c. / By Thomas Brooks preacher of the Word at Margarets New Fish-street London, and pastor of the Church of Christ meeting there.The silent soul, with soveraign antidotes against the most miserable exigents: or, A Christian with an olive-leaf in his mouth, when he is under the greatest afflictions, the sharpest and sorest trials and troubles, the saddest and darkest providences and changes, with answers to divers questions and objections that are of greatest importance, all tending to win and work souls to bee still, quiet, calm and silent under all changes that have, or may pass upon them in this world, &c. / By Thomas Brooks preacher of the Word at Margarets New Fish-street London, and pastor of the Church of Christ meeting there.
London: printed by R.I. for John Hancock, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Heathen man could say▪ (Quand• sapiens loquitur, aulea animi •perit) when a wise man speaketh, he openeth the rich treasures and wardrobe of his mind; so may I say, when an afflicted Saint speaks, Oh the pearls, the treasures that he scatters! But
The Heathen man could say▪ (Quand• sapiens loquitur, aulea animi •perit) when a wise man speaketh, hee openeth the rich treasures and wardrobe of his mind; so may I say, when an afflicted Saint speaks, Oh the pearls, the treasures that hee scatters! But
Fifthly, A holy, a prudent Silence, ⟨p. 56⟩doth not exclude moderate mourning or weeping under the1 afflicting hand of God, Isa. 38. 3. And Hezekiah wept sore, or, as the Hebrew hath it, wept with great weepings. But was not the Lord displeased with him for his great weeping? no, vers. 5. I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. God had as well a bottle for his2 tears, as a bag for his sins. There is no water so sweet, as the Saints tears, when they do not overflow the banks of moderation; tears are not mutes, they have a voice, and their oratory is of great prevalency3 with the Almighty God. And therefore the weeping Prophet calleth out for tears,