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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 3
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.
To this I answer, First, Thou canst not date thy affliction from the first day of thy pollution; thou hast been polluted from the womb, but thou hast not been afflicted from the womb; many have1 been the days, the years since thou wast born in sin, few have been the days, the years that thou hast experienced sorrow; thou canst not easily number the days of thy sinning, thou canst easily number the days of thy suffering; thou canst not number thy days of mercy, thou canst easily number thy days of calamity; thou canst not number thy days of health, but thou canst easily tell over thy days of sickness.
To this I answer, First, Thou canst not date thy affliction from the first day of thy pollution; thou hast been polluted from the womb, but thou hast not been afflicted from the womb; many have1 been the daies, the years since thou wast born in sin, few have been the daies, the years that thou hast experienced sorrow; thou canst not easily number the daies of thy sinning, thou canst easily number the daies of thy suffering; thou canst not number thy daies of mercy, thou canst easily number thy daies of calamity; thou canst not number thy daies of health, but thou canst easily tell over thy daies of sickness.
Secondly, Thy afflictions are not so long as the afflictions of other ⟨p. 218⟩Saints; compare thy winter nights and other Saints winter nights together; thy storms and troubles, and other Saints storms and troubles together, thy losses and other1