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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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A Christian life is full of duties, and the peace of it is not maintained without much fruitfulness and looking about us: debt is a disquieting thing to an honest mind, and duty is debt. Hereupon 1the Apostle layeth the charge, that we should owe nothing to any man, but love.
A Christian life is full of duties, and the peace of it is not maintained without much fruitfulnesse and looking about us: debt is a disquieting thing to an honest minde, and duty is debt. Hereupon 1the Apostle layeth the charge, that we should owe nothing to any man, but love.
Again, one special cause of too 1much disquiet, is, want of firm resolution in good things. The soul cannot but be disquieted when it knows not what to cleave unto, like a ship tossed with contrary winds; Halting is a deformed and troublesome gesture; so halting in religion, is not only troublesome 2to others and odious, but also disquiets our selves. If God be God cleave to him; If the duties of religion be such as will bring peace of conscience at the length, be religious to purpose, practise them in the particular passages of life. We should labour to have a clear judgement, and from thence a resolved purpose; a wavering minded man is inconstant in all his ways. God will 3not speak peace to a staggering spirit ⟨p. 35⟩