The Soul's Conflict with Itself

See again, the excellency of the soul, that can reflect upon it self, […] ¹judge of whatsoever comes from it: […] godly mans care and trouble is especially about his soul, as David he• looks principally to that, because […] ²outward troubles are for to help th• when God touches our bodies, our estates, or our friends, he aims at […] soul in all. God will never remove […] ⟨p. 69⟩hand, till something be wrought upon the soul, as Davids moisture was as the drought in Summer, so that he roared, ³and carried himself unseemly (for so great and holy a man) till his heart was subdued to deal without all guile with God in confessing his sin, and then GOD forgave him the iniquity thereof, and healed his body too. In sickness, or in any other trouble, It is best the Divine should be before the Physician: and that men begin where God begins. In great fires men look first to their Jewels, and then to their lumber; so our soul is our best Jewel: A carnal worldly man, is called, (and well called) a fleshly man, because his very soul is flesh, and there is nothing but the world in him. And therefore, when all is not well within, he cries out, My Body is troubled, my state is broken, my friends fail me, &c. but all this while, there is no care for the poor soul to settle a peace in that.

See againe, the excellency of the soule, that can reflect upon it selfe, 〈…〉 ¹judge of whatsoever comes from it: 〈…〉 godly mans care and trouble is especially about his soule, as David he• looks principally to that, because 〈…〉 ²outward troubles are for to helpe th when God touches our bodies, our estates, or our friends, hee aimes at soule in all. God will never remove