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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 5THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 5
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And as it is a ground of repentance in stopping our course to ask what have I done? So likewise of faith and new obedience, to ask what shall I do for the time to come? and then upon settling, the soul in way of thanks, will be ready to ask of it self, What shall I return to the Lord? &c. So that the soul by this dealing with it self promoteth it self to all holy duties till it come to heaven.
And as it is a ground of repentance in stopping our course to ask what have I done? So likewise of faith and new obedience, to aske what shall I doe for the time to come? and then upon setling, the soule in way of thankes, will be ready to aske of it selfe, What shall I returne to the Lord? &c. So that the soule by this dealing with it selfe promoteth it selfe to all holy duties till it come to heaven.
The reason why we are thus backward 1to the keeping of this court in our selves, is self-love: we love to flatter our own affections, but this self-love, is but self-hatred in the end; (as the wise man says) he that regards not this part of wisdom, hates his own soul, and shall eat the fruits of his own ways.
The reason why wee are thus backward 1to the keeping of this court in our selves, is selfelove: we love to flatter our owne affections, but this selfelove, is but selfe-hatred in the end; (as the wiseman saies) he that regards not this part of wisdome, hates his owne soule, and shall eate the fruits of his owne wayes.
- 1Reas. 1. Why we are so backward to keep court in our selves. ProverbsReas. 1. Why wee are so backward to keepe court in our selves. Proverbs