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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
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 was dumb, the Hebrew word1 [Greek or Hebrew] from [Greek or Hebrew] signifies to be mute, tongue-tied, or dumb; the Hebrew word signifies also to bind, as well as to be mute and dumb, because they that are dumb, are as it were tongue-tied, they have their lips stitched and bound up: Ah the sight of Gods hand in the afflictions that was upon him, makes him lay a law of silence upon his heart and tongue.
I was dumb, the Hebrew word1 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 from 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies to bee mute, tongue-tied, or dumb; the Hebrew word signifies also to binde, as well as to bee mute and dumb, because they that are dumb, are as it were tonguetied, they have their lips stitcht and bound up: Ah the sight of Gods hand in the afflictions that was upon him, makes him lay a law of silence upon his heart and tongue.
- 1Some read it thus, I should have been dumb, and not have opened my mouth, according to my first resolution. vers. 1, 2.
I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it; he looks through all secondary causes, to the first cause, and is silent, he sees a hand of God in all, and so sits mute and quiet: the sight of God in an affliction, is of an irresistible efficacy, to silence the heart, and to stop ⟨p. 3⟩the mouth of a gracious man. In the words you may observe three things.
I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it; hee looks thorow all secondary causes, to the first cause, and is silent, hee sees a hand of God in all, and so sits mute and quiet: the sight of God in an affliction, is of an irresistable efficacy, to silence the heart, and to stop