The Soul's Conflict with Itself

We see likewise here, how to fra• our complaints: David complains n• ¹of God, nor of his troubles, nor of others, but of his own soul, he complains of himself, to himself. A• […] he should say; Though all things else be out of order, yet O my soul thou shouldst not trouble me too: thou shouldst not betray thy self unto troubles, but rule o• them. A godly man complains to Go• ⟨p. 75⟩yet not of God, but of himself; a carnal man is ready to justify himself, and complain of God. He complains not to God, but of God (at the least) in secret murmuring: he complains of others that are but Gods viols; he complains of the grievance that lies upon him, but never regards what is amiss in himself within: Openly he cries out upon fortune, yet secretly he strike that God, under that Idol of fortune, by whose guidance all things comes to pass, whilst he quarrels with that which is nothing he wounds him that is the cause of all things: like a gouty man that complains of his shoo, and of his bed; or an aguish man, of his drink, when the cause is from within. So men are disquieted with others, when they should rather be disquieted and angry with their own hearts.

Wee see likewise here, how to fra• our complaints: David complaines n• ¹of God, nor of his troubles, nor of others, but of his owne soule, hee complaines of himselfe, to himselfe. A• 〈…〉 he should say; Though all things else be out of order, yet O my soule thou shouldst not trouble mee too: thou shouldst not betray thy selfe unto troubles, but rule o• them. A godly man complaines to Go• ⟨p. 75⟩