The Soul's Conflict with Itself

This is a false plea, for God hath a ¹sovereignty over the whole soul, and ⟨p. 204⟩his law binds the whole inward and outward man; as we desire our whole man should be saved by Christ, so we must yield up the whole man to be governed by him; and it is the effect of the dispensation of the Gospel, accompanied with the Spirit, to captivate whatsoever is in man unto Christ, and to bring down all high towering imaginations ²that exalt themselves against Gods Spirit. There is a divinity in the word of God powerfully unfolded, which will convince our souls of the sinfulne sof natural imaginations, as we see in the Idiot, Corinth. 14. who seeing himself laid open before himself, cried out, that God was in the speaker.³

This is a false plea, for God hath a ¹soveraignty over the whole soule, and ⟨p. 204⟩his law bindes the whole inward and outward man; as wee desire our whole man should be saved by Christ, so wee must yeeld up the whole man to be governed by him; and it is the effect of the dispensation of the Gospell, accompanied with the Spirit, to captivate whatsoever is in man unto Christ, and to bring downe all high towring imaginations ²that exalt themselves against Gods Spirit. There is a divinity in the word of God powerfully unfolded, which will convince our soules of the sinfulne sof naturall imaginations, as we see in the Ideot, Corinth. 14. who seeing himselfe laid open before himselfe, cryed out, that God was in the speaker.³

1. 1Answ. Imaginations and thoughts not free.
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