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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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Secondly. ALL Impatient expressions of Reflection upon the Righteousness of the Glorious GOD; These must be Restrained with an Holy silence, when a Righteous GOD shall do sad things unto us. When sad things are done unto us, We must not admit the least suspicion of any Injustice in the Dealings of Heaven with us. Admit no suspicion, That we are unjustly dealt withal, or meet with hard measure, or are not indeed ⟨p. 17⟩Punished less than our Sins deserve. Admit no suspicion, That we should be Unjustly dealt withal, if we were much more severely Punished, and visited with Great Plagues, and of a long continuance, yea, thrown into a Devouring Fire, and Everlasting Burnings. If we Groan under our sad things, yet, Oh! Grumble not! Our sad things would be no more than we are worthy of, if they were a Thousand times worse than they are. An Holy silence must be enjoined; with such a Reprimand as that; Lam. III. 39. Wherefore doth a living Man complain, a Man for the Punishment of his Sins?
Secondly. ALL Impatient expressions of Reflection upon the Righteousness of the Glorious GOD; These must be Restrained with an Holy silence, when a Righteous GOD shall do sad things unto us. When sad things are done unto us, We must not admit the least suspicion of any Injustice in the Dealings of Heaven with us. Admit no suspicion, That we are unjustly dealt withal, or meet with hard measure, or are not indeed ⟨p. 17⟩Punished less than our Sins deserve. Admit no suspicion, That we should be Unjustly dealt withal, if we were much more severely Punished, and visited with Great Plagues, and of a long continuance, yea, thrown into a Devouring Fire, and Everlasting Burnings. If we Groan under our sad things, yet, Oh! Grumble not! Our sad things would be no more than we are worthy of, if they were a Thousand times worse than they are. An Holy silence must be enjoin'd; with such a Reprimand as that; Lam. III. 39. Wherefore doth a living Man complain, a Man for the Punishment of his Sins?