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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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I. THIS must be the Method of Relief, when you meet with sharp Scourges from the Hand of Heaven, upon any of your Enjoyments. Whatever Oppression or Affliction lies upon you in any of your Enjoyments, Oh! mourn unto the Lord; Lord, I am oppressed, Undertake for me. This is the Direction, Jam. V. 13. Is any afflicted, let him Pray. So we are directed; Psal. L. 15. Call on me in the day of trouble. Are you Oppressed with any Malady? Go to that Lord, who is the Lord our Healer. Ask the Healing Influences of Him, who is the Lord of our Life. It was a gross Error in him, who sought unto the Physicians, and not unto the Lord. Under all your pains, cry out, O Lord, I am oppressed, Undertake ⟨p. 20⟩for me. Add that cry; Psal. XLI. 4. Lord, Heal my Soul; for I have sinned against thee. Are you Oppressed with any Poverty? Go to that Lord, who by His Blessing does make rich. Ask to be Blessed and Fed by that Lord, who says, that if you Trust in Him, and do Good, verily you shall be Fed. Whatever Straits may be upon you, cry out, O Lord, I am oppressed, Undertake for me. Plead that Bond: Heb. XIII. V. He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. Are you brought low, by the Death of those in whom your Life was bound up? Do you stoop, & shrink, as under a dismal Oppression, because those that were as the very Staff of your Life, are taken from you? Is the Lamb that has been unto you as a Daughter going from you! Go to that Lord, who has taken your Friends from you, and who is infinitely Better than all Friends. Ask that you may find him so. Cry out unto Him; O Lord, I am oppressed, undertake for me. Take with you those words also; Psal. XXV. 16. Have merry on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
I. THIS must be the Method of Relief, when you meet with sharp Scourges from the Hand of Heaven, upon any of your Enjoyments. Whatever Oppression or Affliction lies upon you in any of your Enjoyments, Oh! mourn unto the Lord; Lord, I am oppressed, Undertake for me. This is the Direction,