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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
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Fourthly, To move you to Silence under your sorest and your sharpest trials, consider, That you1 have deserved greater and heavier afflictions than those you are under; hath God taken away one mercy? thou hast deserved to be stripped of all; hath he taken away the delight of thine eyes? he might have taken away the delight of thy soul; art thou under outward wants? thou hast deserved to be under outward and inward together; art thou cast upon a sick-bed? thou hast deserved a bed in Hell; art thou under this ache and that pain? thou hast deserved to be under all aches and pains at once; hath God chastised thee with whips? thou hast deserved to be chastised with2 Scorpions; art thou fallen from ⟨p. 126⟩the highest pinnacle of honour to be the scorn and contempt of men? thou hast deserved to be scorned and contemned by God and Angels; art thou under a severe whipping? thou hast deserved an utter damning. Ah Christians! let but your eyes be sixth upon your demerits, and your hands will be quickly upon your mouths; whatever is less than a final separation from God, whatever is less than Hell, is mercy; and therefore you have cause to be silent under the smartest dealings of God with you. But
Fourthly, To move you to Silence under your sorest and your sharpest trials, consider, That you1 have deserved greater and heavier afflictions than those you are under; hath God taken away one mercy? thou hast deserved to bee stript of all; hath hee taken away the delight of thine eyes? he might have taken away the delight of thy soul; art thou under outward wants? thou hast deserved to be under outward and inward together; art thou cast upon a sick-bed? thou hast deserved a bed in Hell; art thou under this ach and that pain? thou hast deserved to bee under all aches and pains at once; hath God chastised thee with whips? thou hast deserved to bee chastised with2 Scorpions; art thou fallen from ⟨p. 126⟩