The Mute Christian Under the Smarting Rod
Thomas Brooks
Public DomainChristian Classics
Chapters 43
- eight things, ≈ 1 min
- shewed in eight things, ≈ 1 min
- greatest afflictions, &c., ≈ 32 min
- saint, David 'a man after God's own heart,' David a Christian; and ≈ 2 min
- words, 'I was dumb, and opened not my mouth.' ≈ 1 min
- words, 'because thou didst it.' The proposition is this: ≈ 1 min
- hand here, or of his wrath in hell. It is a heathenish and a horrid sin ≈ 12 min
- silence in the eye of God. ≈ 41 min
- and shut out a sense and feeling of our afflictions. Ps. 39:9, though ≈ 3 min
- deliverance out of our afflictions. Though the psalmist lays his hand ≈ 5 min
- kindly affected and afflicted with their sins as the meritorious cause ≈ 2 min
- and instructing of others when we are afflicted. The words of the ≈ 5 min
- mourning or weeping under the afflicting hand of God. Isa. 38:3, ≈ 3 min
- groaning, or roaring under afflictions. A man may sigh, and groan, ≈ 2 min
- the use of any just or lawful means, whereby persons may be ≈ 5 min
- just and sober complaining against the authors, contrivers, abettors, ≈ 29 min
- provoke him to wrath; and certainly there are none that do more ≈ 2 min
- provoke him to wrath; and certainly there are none that do more ≈ 7 min
- pointed at in Heb. 12:1. Gracious examples are more awakening, ≈ 3 min
- do nothing but mutter and murmur under the afflicting hand of God. ≈ 2 min
- vex, when they are under the afflicting hand of God. Many when they ≈ 3 min
- foolishly in the day of their adversity. Lam. 3:39, 'Why doth a living ≈ 2 min
- be silent nor satisfied under the afflicting hand of God, except the ≈ 5 min
- of being silent and mute under their afflictions, use all sinful shifts ≈ 20 min
- God, and let that move thee to silence, Jer. 10:7; 5:22: Ps. 46:8–10, ≈ 4 min
- shall work for your good: Rom. 8:28, 'And we know that all things ≈ 5 min
- grace, that lends a hand of support to every grace, Rom. 15:4. Silence ≈ 2 min
- sharpest trials, consider, That you have, deserved greater and heavier ≈ 2 min
- God sets the greatest value upon persons of a quiet spirit: 1 Peter 3:4. ≈ 5 min
- greatest troubles and your sorest trials, you will be found fighters ≈ 3 min
- the greatest afflictions, the saddest providences and changes, will ≈ 2 min
- best armour of proof against those temptations that afflictions may ≈ 4 min
- will give a man a quiet and peaceable possession of his own soul: 'In ≈ 2 min
- word hath laid upon you to be silent, to be mute and quiet, under all ≈ 7 min
- salvation is at hand, when a Christian stands still, when he sits quiet ≈ 3 min
- greatest trials is this, seriously consider the heinous and dangerous ≈ 33 min
- then the afflictions are in love. If they are so sanctified as that they ≈ 2 min
- in the affliction, and how to be kept from sinning under the affliction, ≈ 3 min
- in your affliction, then your affliction is in love, Ps. 23:4–6. Isa. 43:2, ≈ 5 min
- Christ in his virtues, then certainly your afflictions are in love. Many ≈ 2 min
- the inward teachings of God, doubtless thy afflictions are in love, Job ≈ 209 min
- strength and importunity; he puts them off, that they may put on ≈ 14 min
- shalt have; thy ease, and rest, and pleasure is to come. Here you have ≈ 36 min
| Author | Thomas Brooks |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | Puritan |
| Categories | Christian Classics · Theology |
| Chapters | 43 |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.