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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.
Sometimes the ministering of some 1excellent thought from what we hear or see, proves a great advantage of spiritual good to the soul: Whilst Saint Austen out of curiosity delighted to hear the eloquence of St. Ambrose, he was taken with the matter it self, sweetly sliding together with the words into his heart. Of later times, whilst Galeaceus Caracciolus an Italian Marquess, and Nephew to Pope Paul 5. 2was hearing Peter Martyr reading upon 1. Corinths and showing the deceivableness of mans judgement in spiritual things, and the efficacy of divine truth in those that belong unto God, and further using a similitude to this purpose; If a man be walking afar off, and see people dancing together, and hear no noise of the music, he judges them fools and out of th• wits; but when he comes nearer and hears the music, and sees that e• rie motion is exactly done by art; Now he changes his mind, and is […] ⟨p. 197⟩taken up with the sweet agreement of the gesture, and the music, that he is not only delighted therewith, but desirous to join himself in the number; so it falls out (saith he) with men; Whilst they look upon the outward carriage and conversation of Gods people, and see it differing from others, they think them fools, but when they look more narrowly into their courses, and see a gracious harmony betwixt their lives and the word of God, then they begin to be in love with the beauty of holiness, and join in conformity of holy obedience with those they scorned before. This Similitude wrought so with this Noble-man, that he began from that time forward to set his mind to the study of heavenly things.
Sometimes the ministring of some 1excellent thought from what we heare or see, proves a great advantage of spirituall good to the soule: Whilest Saint Austen out of curiosity delighted to heare the eloquence of St. Ambrose, hee was taken with the matter it selfe, sweetly sliding together with the words into his heart. Of later times, whilest Galeaceus Caracciolus an Italian Marquesse, and Nephew to Pope Paul 5.