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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, Consider, That murmuring is a God-provoking sin; it is a sin that provokes God, not ⟨p. 152⟩only to afflict, but also to destroy1 a people, Numb. 14. 27, 28, 29. How long shall I bear with this evil Congregation which murmur against me? I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me. 1 Cor. 10. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. All our murmurings do but provoke the Lord to strike us, and destroy us.
Fourthly, Consider, That murmuring is a God-provoking sin; it is a sin that provokes God, not ⟨p. 152⟩onely to afflict, but also to destroy1 a people, Numb. 14. 27, 28, 29. How long shall I bear with this evil Congregation which murmure against mee? I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel, which they murmure against mee. Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as yee have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carkasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbred of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against mee. 1 Cor. 10. 10. Neither murmure yee, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. All our murmurings do but provoke the Lord to strike us, and destroy us.
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