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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
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.
Augustine was a man much tempted,1 and a man much in prayer; holy prayer, saith he, is a shelter to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to the Devil.
Augustine was a man much tempted,1 and a man much in prayer; holy prayer, saith hee, is a shelter to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to the Devil.
- 1So Bernard, Basil, G•rgonia, Trucilla, James, Jacob, Daniel.
Luther was a man under manifold temptations, and a man much in prayer; he is said to have spent three hours every day in prayer, he used to say, that prayer was the best book in his study.
Luther was a man under manifold temptations, and a man much in prayer; hee is said to have spent three hours every day in prayer, hee used to say, that prayer was the best book in his study.
Chrysostom was much in the school of temptation, and delighted much in prayer; Oh! saith he, it is more bitter than death to be spoiled of prayer, and hereupon (as he observes) Daniel chose rather to run the hazard of his life, than to lose his prayer. But
Chrysostome was much in the school of temptation, and delighted much in prayer; Oh! saith hee, it is more bitter than death to bee spoiled of prayer, and hereupon (as hee observes) Daniel chose rather to run the hazard of his life, than to lose his prayer. But