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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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THAT Religious and Renowned Prince Hezekiah was visited with a terrible Sickness. I know not, whether it was in the Time, while Jerusalem was actually besieged by Sennacherib, or whether it was after the miraculous Raising of the Siege, by the Angels, and the Thunders of Heaven. If this Calamity befell him after his remarkable Deliverance ⟨p. 3⟩from his Adversary, it was, as Jerome notes, To Chasten him, left his Heart should be listed up, too far, post incredibiles triumphos et de media Captivitate Victeriam. Let it be how it will, after his Deliverance from that Calamity, he composes an admirable Song, which expresses his Dispositions and Circumstances, while it was yet upon him. In this very thing, there is a pattern given to all Good Men, that have endured Great Afflictions, and Received Great Salvations. O ye Men of Great Experiences, You ought to Commemorate what you have Experienced; you ought to prepare and preserve Memorials of what you have met withal; you should at least leave these Memorials with your own Families, that they may learn to place their Hope in GOD.
THAT Religious and Renowned Prince Hezekiah was visited with a terrible Sickness. I know not, whether it was in the Time, while Jerusalem was actually besieged by Sennacherib, or whether it was after the miraculous Raising of the Siege, by the Angels, and the Thunders of Heaven. If this Calamity befel him after his remarkable Deliverance ⟨p. 3⟩from his Adversary, it was, as Jerom notes, To Chasten him, left his Heart should be listed up, too far, post incredibiles triumphos et de media Captivitate Victeriam. Let it be how it will, after his Deliverance from that Calamity, he composes an admirable Song, which expresses his Dispositions and Circmstances, while it was yet upon him. In this very thing, there is a pattern given to all Good Men, that have endured Great Afflictions, and Received Great Salvations. O ye Men of Great Experiences, You ought to Commemorate what you have Experienced; you ought to prepare and preserve Memerials of what you have met withal; you should at least leave these Memerials with your own Families, that they may learn to place their Hope in GOD.