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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 7
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Sixthly, By temptations the Lord will make his people more frequent and more abundant in the work of prayer; every temptation proves a strong alarm to prayer. When Paul was in the school of temptation, he prayed1 thrice, that is, often; days of temptation, are days of great supplication. Christians usually pray most, when they are tempted most; they are most busy with ⟨p. 277⟩God, when Satan is most busy with them; a Christian is most upon his knees, when Satan stands most at his elbow.
Sixthly, By temptations the Lord will make his people more frequent and more abundant in the work of prayer; every temptation proves a strong alarm to prayer. When Paul was in the school of temptation, hee prayed1 thrice, that is, often; daies of temptation, are daies of great supplication. Christians usually pray most, when they are tempted most; they are most busie with ⟨p. 277⟩God, when Satan is most busie with them; a Christian is most upon his knees, when Satan stands most at his elbow.