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The Soul's Conflict with Itself
The souls conflict with it self, and victory over it self by faith a treatise of the inward disquietments of distressed spirits, with comfortable remedies to establish them / by R. Sibbs ...The soules conflict with it selfe, and victory over it self by faith a treatise of the inward disquietments of distressed spirits, with comfortable remedies to establish them / by R. Sibbs ...
London: printed by M.F. for R. Dawlman, 1635
THE SOULS CONFLICT with it self. › Chapter 3THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 3
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Again, one main ground is, False 1reasoning, and error in our discourse, as that we have no grace when we feel none, feeling is not always a fit rule to judge our states by; that God hath rejected us, because we are crossed in outward things, when as this issues from Gods wisdom and love. How many imagine their failings, to be fallings, and their fallings, to be fallings away? Infirmities to be Presumptions: every sin against Conscience, to be the sin against the Holy Ghost•? unto ⟨p. 26⟩which misapprehensions, weak and dark spirits are subject. And Satan (as a cunning Rhetorician) here enlargeth 2the fancy, to apprehend things bigger then they are, Satan abuseth confident spirits another contrary way: to apprehend great sins as little; and little as none. Some also, think that they have no grace, because they have not so much as grown Christians: whereas, there be several ages in Christ. Some again, are so desirous and enlarged after what they have not, that they mind not what they have. Men may be rich, though they have not millions, and be not Emperors.
Againe, one maine ground is, False 1reasoning, and errour in our discourse, as that wee have no grace when wee feele none, feeling is not alwayes a fit rule to judge our states by; that God hath rejected us, because we are crossed in outward things, when as this issues from Gods wisdome and love. How many imagine their failings, to be fallings, and their fallings, to be fallings away? Infirmities to be Presumptions: every sinne against Conscience, to be the sinne against the Holy Ghost•? unto ⟨p. 26⟩which misapprehensions, weake and dark spirits are subject. And Satan (as a cunning Rhetorician) here inlargeth 2the fancy, to apprehend things bigger then they are, Satan abuseth confident spirits another contrary way: to apprehend great sinnes as little; and little as none. Some also, thinke that they have no grace, because they have not so much as growen Christians: whereas, there bee severall ages in Christ. Some againe, are so desirous and inlarged after what they have not, that they minde not what they have. Men may be rich, though they have not millions, and be not Emperors.