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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 10THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 10
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1. We must take heed of building an ungrounded confidence of happiness 1for time to come: which ma• us when changes come, 1. Unacquainted with them; 2. takes away expectation of them; 3. and preparati• for them. When any thing is strange and sudden, and lights upon us unfurnished and unfenced, it must needs p• our spirits out of frame. It is good therefore to make all kind of troubles familiar to us, in our thoughts at least, and this will break the force of them. It is good to fence our souls beforehand against all assaults, as men use to keep out the Sea, by raising banks; and if a breach be made, to repair […] presently.
1. Wee must take heed of building an ungrounded confidence of happinesse 1for time to come: which ma• us when changes come, 1. Unacquainted with them; 2. takes away expectation of them; 3. and preparati• for them. When any thing is strange and sudden, and lights upon us unfurnished and unfenced, it must needs p• our spirits out of frame. It is good therefore to make all kinde of troubles familiar to us, in our thoughts at least, and this will breake the force of them. It is good to fence our soules beforehand against all assaults, as men use to keepe out the Sea, by raising bankes; and if a breach bee made, to repaire 〈…〉 presently.
- 11. Changes must be forethought of
We had need to maintain a strong Garrison of holy Reasons against the assaults of strong passions; we may hope for the best, but fear the worst, and prepare to bear whatsoever. We say that a set diet is dangerous, because variety of occasions will force us upon breaking of it: So in this world of changes, we cannot resolve upon any certain condition of life, for upon alteration the mind is out of frame. We cannot say this or that trouble shall not befall, yet we may by help of the Spirit, say, nothing that doth befall, shall make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian: