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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 2
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, The best mercy is not too good for the best God; the best of the best, is not good enough for him who is goodness it self; the best child, the best yoke-fellow, the best friend, the best Jewel in all thy Crown must be ⟨p. 189⟩readily resigned to thy best God;1 there is no mercy, no enjoyment, no contentment worthy of God, but the best; the milk of mercy is for others, the cream of mercy is due to God; the choicest, the fairest, and the sweetest flowers, are fittest for the bosom of God; if he will take the best flower in all thy garden, and plant it in a better soil, hast thou any cause to murmur? wilt thou not hold thy peace?
Secondly, The best mercy is not too good for the best God; the best of the best, is not good enough for him who is goodness it self; the best childe, the best yoak-fellow, the best friend, the best Jewel in all thy Crown must bee ⟨p. 189⟩readily resigned to thy best God;1 there is no mercy, no enjoyment, no contentment worthy of God, but the best; the milk of mercy is for others, the cream of mercy is due to God; the choicest, the fairest, and the sweetest flowers, are fittest for the bosome of God; if hee will take the best flower in all thy garden, and plant it in a better soil, hast thou any cause to murmure? wilt thou not hold thy peace?
- 1Isa. 43. 22,—25. Mal. 1. 13, 14.
Thirdly, Your near and dear mercies were first the Lords, before they were yours, and always the Lords more than they were yours; when God gives a mercy, he doth not relinquish his own right in that mercy,