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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 8
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.
Thirdly, Though God hath forsaken thee, yet his love abides and continues constant to thee; he loves thee with an everlasting love, Jer. 31. 3. Where he loves, he loves to the end, John 13. 1. Isa. 49. 14, 15, 16. But Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. But was not Zion mistaken? yes. Can a woman forget her 1sucking child that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will not I forget thee. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands, thy walls are continually before me. Look as persons engrave the mark, name or picture of those whom they dearly love, and entirely affect, upon some stone that they wear at their breasts, or upon some ring that they wear on their finger: So, had God engraven Zion upon the palms of his hands, she was still in his eye, and always dear to his heart, though she thought not so. As Josephs heart was full of love to his brethren, even then when he2 ⟨p. 283⟩spake roughly to them, and withdrew himself from them; (for he was fain to go aside, and ease his heart by weeping) so the heart of God is full of love to his people, even then when he seems to be most displeased with them, and to turn his back upon them; though Gods dispensations may be changeable towards his people, yet his gracious disposition is unchangeable towards them. When God3 puts the blackest veil of all upon his face, yet then his heart is full of love to his people, then his bowels are yearning towards them, Jer. 31. 18, 19, 20. Is Ephraim my dear Son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. The Mothers bowels cannot more yearn after the tender babe, than Gods doth after his distressed ones. As Moses his Mother, when she had put him into