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Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things…
Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceding.Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceeding.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1721
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SINCE 'tis the Glorious GOD, who is the Doer of all that in the sad Things which we meet withal is •ne unto us, it becomes us to Glorify Him with an an HOLY SILENCE under them.
I call to mind, that when David as well as Aaron, had sad Things befalling him, he gives this Account of his Conduct under them, Psal. XXXIX. 9. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. I am very much of the Opinion, that when that Servant of GOD so Behaved and Expressed himself, he doubtless had in his Eye, the Story of Aaron, which I now have in mine: A Story which he could not but be well apprised of. So then having the Advantage ⟨p. 5⟩of thus calling in David as well •s Aaron to support my DOCTRINE, it may now be said, those Two Bright Stars, David and Aaron, shall now appear in Conjunction; and by your Observation of them, you shall understand how to Steer in the Darkest Hours that sad Things may bring upon you. Under sad Things, the Great Thing with which we are to Glorify GOD, is PATIENCE; PATIENCE. The Thing required of us, is that, Jam. I. 4. Let Patience have its perfect work. I don't Remember that the Hebrew Language, has any Term for Patience, but that of silence. The Description which the Old Testament gives of Patience, is To be Dumb, and not Open ones Mouth. There are some, who so read, Psal. LXV. 1. Silence is praise to thee, O GOD. Our GOD is never more Praised than by our silence. Our silence under sad Things, will be a most notable Praise to our GOD. This, This, is the Grace to be now spoken of! And in speaking of it,
I call to mind, that when David as well as Aaron, had sad Things befalling him, he gives this Account of his Conduct under them,