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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.
In that famous battle at Leuctrum, where the Thebans got a signal victory, but their Captain Epaminondas a little before his death demanded whether his buckler were taken by the enemy, and when he understood that it was safe, and that they had not so much as laid their hands on it, he died most ⟨p. 356⟩willingly, cheerfully, and quietly. Well Christians, your shield of faith is safe, your portion is safe, your Royal Robe is safe, your Kingdom is safe, your Heaven is safe, your happiness and blessedness is safe; and therefore under all your afflictions and troubles, in patience possess your own souls. But
In that famous battel at Leuctrum, where the Thebans got a signal victory, but their Captain Epaminondas a little before his death demanded whether his buckler were taken by the enemy, and when hee understood that it was safe, and that they had not so much as laid their hands on it, hee died most ⟨p. 356⟩willingly, chearfully, and quietly. Well Christians, your shield of faith is safe, your portion is safe, your Royal Robe is safe, your Kingdome is safe, your Heaven is safe, your happiness and blessedness is safe; and therefore under all your afflictions and troubles, in patience possess your own souls. But
Sixthly, If you would be silent and quiet under your sorest troubles and trials, then set your selves in good earnest upon the mortification of your lusts; it is unmortified1 lusts which is the sting of every trouble, and which makes every sweet bitter, and every bitter more bitter; sin unmortified, adds weight to every burden, it puts gall to our wormwood, it adds chain to chain; it makes the bed uneasy, the chamber a prison, relations troublesome, and every thing vexatious to the soul. James 4. 1. From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not