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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 6
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.
I answer, First, It may be thy sins are greater than other mens1 sins; if thou hast sinned against more light, more love, more mercies, more experiences, more promises than others, no wonder if thy afflictions are greater than others; if this be thy case, thou hast more cause to be mute, than to ⟨p. 253⟩murmur; and certainly, if thou dost but seriously look into the black book of thy conscience, thou wilt find greater sins there than any thou canst charge upon any person or persons on earth; if thou shouldest not, I think thou wouldest justly incur the censure which that sour Philosopher past upon Grammarians, viz. That they2 were better acquainted with the evils of Ulysses, than with their own: Never complain that thy afflictions are greater than others, except thou canst evidence that thy sins are lesser than others.
I answer, First, It may bee thy sins are greater than other mens1 sins; if thou hast sinned against more light, more love, more mercies, more experiences, more promises than others, no wonder if thy afflictions are greater than others; if this bee thy case, thou hast more cause to bee mute, than to ⟨p. 253⟩murmure; and certainly, if thou dost but seriously look into the black book of thy conscience, thou wilt finde greater sins there than any thou canst charge upon any person or persons on earth; if thou shouldest not, I think thou wouldest justly incur the censure which that sowre Philosopher past upon Grammarians, viz. That they2 were better acquainted with the evils of Ulysses, than with their own: Never complain that thy afflictions are greater than others, except thou canst evidence that thy sins are lesser than others.