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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
THE MUTE CHRISTIAN Under the SMARTING ROD. › Objections › Objection 1
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.
Secondly, If you are more careful and studious how to glorify God in the affliction, and1 how to be kept from sinning under the affliction, than how to get out of the affliction, then certainly your affliction is in love: where God smites in love, there the soul makes it his work how to glorify God, and how to lift up God, and how to be a name and an honour to God; the daily language of such a soul under the rod, is this, Lord stand by me that I sin not,2 uphold m•e that I sin not, strengthen me that I sin not; he that will not sin to repair and make up his losses, though he knew assuredly that the committing of such a sin would make up all again, he may conclude that his affliction is in love.
Secondly, If you are more careful and studious how to glorifie God in the affliction, and1 how to bee kept from sinning under the affliction, than how to get out of the affliction, then certainly your affliction is in love: where God smites in love, there the soul makes it his work how to glorifie God, and how to lift up God, and how to bee a name and an honour to God; the daily language of such a soul under the rod, is this, Lord stand by mee that I sin not,2 uphold m•e that I sin not, strengthen mee that I sin not; hee that will not sin to repair and make up his losses, though hee knew assuredly that the committing of such a sin would make up all again, hee may conclude that his affliction is in love.
- 1Dan. 3. & 6. chapters Heb. 11.
- 2Josh. 7. 7, 8, 9, 10