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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Were it not that God partly by his power suppresseth, and partly by his grace subdueth the disorders of mans nature for the good of society, and the gathering of a Church upon earth; Corruption would swell to that excess, that it would overturn and confound all things together with it self. Although there be a common corruption that cleaves to the nature of all men in general, as men, (as distrust in GOD, self-love, a carnal and worldly disposition, &c.) yet God so ordereth it, that in some there is an ebb and decrease, in others (God justly leaving them to themselves) a flow and increase of sinfulness, even beyond the bounds of ordinary corruption, whereby they become worse then themselves, either like beasts in sensuality, or like devils in spiritual wickedness; though all be blind in spiritual things, yet some are more blinded: though all be hard hearted, yet some are more hardened: though all be corrupt in evil courses, yet some ⟨p. 172⟩are more corrupted: and sink deeper into rebellion then others.
Were it not that God partly by his power suppresseth, and partly by his grace subdueth the disorders of mans nature for the good of society, and the gathering of a Church upon earth; Corruption would swell to that excesse, that it would overturne and confound all things together with it selfe. Although there bee a common corruption that cleaves to the nature of all men in generall, as men, (as distrust in GOD, selfe-love, a carnall and worldly disposition, &c.) yet God so ordereth it, that in some there is an ebbe and decrease, in others (God justly leaving them to themselves) a flow and encrease of sinfulnesse, even beyond the bounds of ordinary corruption, whereby they become worse then themselves, either like beasts in sensuality, or like devills in spirituall wickednesse; though all be blinde in spirituall things, yet some are more blinded: though all be hard hearted, yet some are more hardened: though all be corrupt in evill courses, yet some ⟨p. 172⟩are more corrupted: and sinke deeper into rebellion then others.