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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
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Ninthly, Consider, That the Lord hath many ways to make up the loss of a near and dear mercy to ⟨p. 207⟩thee; he can make up thy loss in1 something else that may be better for thee, and he will certainly make up thy loss, either in kind, or in worth; he took from David an Absalom, and he gave him a Solomon, he took from him a Michal, and gave him a wise Abigail, he took from Job seven sons2 and three daughters, and afterwards he gives him seven sons and three daughters, he took from Job a fair estate, and at last doubled it to him, he removed the bodily presence of Christ from his disciples, but gave them more abundantly of his spiritual presence, which was far the greater and the sweeter mercy. If Moses be taken away, Joshua shall be raised in his room; if David be gathered to his Fathers, a Solomon shall succeed him in his Throne; if John be cast into prison, rather than the Pulpit shall stand empty, a greater than John, even Christ himself will begin to preach: he that lives upon God in the loss of creature-comforts, shall find all made ⟨p. 208⟩up in the God of comforts, he shall be able to say, though my child is not, my friend is not, my yoke-fellow is not, yet my God liveth, and blessed be my Rock, Psal. 89. 46. though this mercy is not, and that mercy is not, yet covenant mercies, yet the sure mercies3 of David continue, these bed and board with me, these will to the grave, and to glory with me. I have read of a godly man, who living near a Philosopher, did often persuade him to become a Christian: Oh but said the Philosopher! I must, or may lose all for Christ; to which the good man replied, if you lose any thing for Christ, he will be sure to repay it a hundred fold; I but said the Philosopher, will you be bound for Christ, that if he do not pay me, you will? yes that I will, said the good man: So the Philosopher became a Christian, and the good man entered into bond for performance of covenants; sometime after it happened that the Philosopher ⟨p. 209⟩