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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.
A soul truly noble, will sooner part with all, than the peace of a1 good conscience: Thus blessed Hooper desired to be rather discharged of his Bishopric, than yield to certain ceremonies.
A soul truly noble, will sooner part with all, than the peace of a1 good conscience: Thus blesied Hooper desired to bee rather discharged of his Bishoprick, than yeeld to certain ceremonies.
- 1I might produce a cloud of witnesses from among the Primitive Christians, wh• have been noble and gallant this way.
I have read of Marcus Arethusus, an eminent servant of the Lords in Gospel work, who in the time of Constantine, had been the cause of overthrowing an Idol Temple; but Julian coming to ⟨p. 112⟩be Emperor, commanded the people of that place to build it up again; all were ready so to do; Only he refused it, whereupon his own people, to whom he had preached, fell upon him, stripped off all his clothes, then abused his naked body, and gave it up to children and school-boys to be launched with their pen-knives; but when all this would not do, they caused him to be set in the Sun, having his naked body anointed all over with honey, that so he might be bitten and stung to death by Flies and Wasps; and all this cruelty they exercised upon him, because he would not do any thing towards the rebuilding of that Idol Temple; nay, they came so far, that if he would but give one half-penny towards the charge, they would release him, but he refused it with a noble Christian disdain; though the advancing of an half-penny might have saved his life; and in so doing he did but live up to that ⟨p. 113⟩