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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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Fifthly, Consider, A quiet silent spirit is of great esteem with God: God sets the greatest value upon persons of a quiet spirit, 1 Pet. 3. 4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. A quiet spirit is a spark of the divine nature, it is a ray, a beam of glory, ⟨p. 127⟩it is a heaven-born spirit: No man is born with a holy Silence in his heart, as he is born with a tongue in his mouth: this is a flower of paradise, it is a precious Gem that God makes very great reckoning of. A quiet spirit speaks a man most like to God, it capacitates a man for communion with God, it renders a man most serviceable to God, and it obliges a man to most accurate walking with God: A meek and quiet spirit is an incorruptible ornament, much more valuable than gold.
Fifthly, Consider, A quiet silent spirit is of great esteem with God: God sets the greatest value upon persons of a quiet spirit, 1 Pet. 3. 4. But let it bee the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. A quiet spirit is a spark of the divine nature, it is a ray, a beam of glory, ⟨p. 127⟩it is a heaven-born spirit: No man is born with a holy Silence in his heart, as hee is born with a tongue in his mouth: this is a flower of paradise, it is a precious Jem that God makes very great reckoning of. A quiet spirit speaks a man most like to God, it capacitates a man for communion with God, it renders a man most serviceable to God, and it obliges a man to most accurate walking with God: A meek and quiet spirit is an incorruptible ornament, much more valuable than gold.
First, There is a natural quietness, which proceeds from a good temper and constitution of body.