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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 7
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Secondly, Temptations resisted & bewailed, will never hurt you, nor harm you; distasted temptations seldom or never prevail, so long as the soul distastes them, and the will remains firmly averse against them, they can do no hurt; so ⟨p. 262⟩long as the language of the soul is, Get thee behind me Satan, Mat. 16. the soul is safe; it is not Satan's tempting, but my assenting, it is1 not his enticing, but my yielding that mischiefs me; temptations may be troubles to my mind, but they are not sins upon my soul whilst I am in arms against them; if thy heart trembles, and thy flesh quakes when Satan tempts, thy condition is good enough; if Satan's temptations be thy greatest afflictions, his temptations shall never worsen thee, nor harm thee; and therefore if this be thy case, hold thy peace.
Secondly, Temptations resisted & bewailed, will never hurt you, nor harm you; distasted temptations seldome or never prevail, so long as the soul distastes them, and the will remains firmly averse against them, they can do no hurt; so ⟨p. 262⟩long as the language of the soul is, Get thee behinde mee Satan, Mat. 16. the soul is safe; it is not Satans tempting, but my assenting, it is1 not his enticing, but my yeelding that mischiefs mee; temptations may bee troubles to my mind, but they are not sins upon my soul whilst I am in arms against them; if thy heart trembles, and thy flesh quakes when Satan tempts, thy condition is good enough; if Satans temptations bee thy greatest afflictions, his temptations shall never worsen thee, nor harm thee; and therefore if this bee thy case, hold thy peace.
- 1He that can say, when he is tempted as that young convert, ego non sum ego, is happy enough under all his temptationsHee that can say, when hee is tempted as that young convert, ego non sum ego, is happy enough under all his temptations