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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.
first, for trades men, for they, having many businesses to do, many reckonings to make up, many Irons in the fire, had need of a good memory. Secondly, Great talkers, for they being full of words, h•d need to have a good store-house in their heads to feed their tongues. Thirdly, For liars, for they telling ⟨p. 354⟩many untruths, had need of a good memory, lest they should be taken in their lying contradictions; And I may add for a fourth, viz, those that are afflicted, that they may remember the great good that they have gained by former afflictions, that so they may be the more silent and quiet under present troubles.
first, for trades men, for they, having many businesses to do, many reckonings to make up, many Irons in the fire, had need of a good memory. Secondly, Great talkers, for they being full of words, h•d need to have a good store-house in their heads to feed their tongues. Thirdly, For lyers, for they telling ⟨p. 354⟩many untruths, had need of a good memory, lest they should be taken in their lying contradictions; And I may add for a fourth, viz, those that are afflicted, that they may remember the great good that they have gained by former afflictions, that so they may be the more silent and quiet under present troubles.
Fifthly, To quiet and silence1 your souls under the sorest afflictions, and sharpest trials; consider, that your choicest, your chiefest treasure is safe, your God is safe, your Christ is safe, your Portion is safe, your Crown is safe, your Inheritance is safe, your royal Palace is safe, and your Jewels, your Graces are safe; therefore hold your peace.
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