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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.
David in speaking thus to his own soul, was, as every true Christian is, a Prophet, and an instructor to himself: It is but as if inferior officers should charge in the name and power of the King. Gods children have a principle of life in them from the Spirit of God, by which they command themselves. To give charge belongs to a Superior; David had a double Superior above him, his own spirit as sanctified, and Gods Spirit guiding that. Our spirits are the Spirits agents, and the Holy Spirit is Gods agent, maintaining his right in us. As God hath made man a free agent, So he guides him, and preserves that free manner of working which is agreeable to mans nature.
David in speaking thus to his owne soule, was, as every true Christian is, a Prophet, and an instructer to himselfe: It is but as if inferiour officers should charge in the name and power of the King. Gods children have a principle of life in them from the Spirit of God, by which they command themselves. To give charge belongs to a Superiour; David had a double Superiour above him, his owne spirit as sanctified, and Gods Spirit guiding that. Our spirits are the Spirits agents, and the Holy Spirit is Gods agent, maintaining his right in us. As God hath made man a free agent, So he guides him, and preserves that free manner of working which is agreeable to mans nature.
By this it appears, that Davids moving of himself, did not hinder the Spirits moving of him, neither did the ⟨p. 245⟩Spirits moving of him, hinder him from moving himself in a free manner; for the Spirit of God moveth according to our principles, it openeth our understandings to see that it is best to trust in God; It moveth so sweetly, as if it were an inbred principle, and all one with our own spirits; If we should hold our will to move it self, and not to be moved by the Spirit, we should make a God of it, whose property is to move other things, and not to be moved by any.
By this it appeares, that Davids moving of himselfe, did not hinder the Spirits moving of him, neither did the ⟨p. 245⟩