The Soul's Conflict with Itself

Yet this boldness is with humility, which carries the soul out of it self; ¹and that boldness which the soul by trust hath with God, is from God himself; it hath nothing to allege from it self but its own emptiness and Gods fullness, its own sinfulness and Gods mercy, its own humble obedience, and Gods command; hence it is that the ⟨p. 339⟩true believers heart is not lifted up, nor swells with self confidence; as trust comes in that goes out; trust is never planted and grows but in an humble and low soul; trust is a holy motion of the soul to God, and motion arises from want; those (and those only) seek out abroad that want succour at home; ²Plants move not from place to place because they find nourishment where they stand; but living creatures seek abroad for their food, and for that end have a power of moving from place to place; and this is the reason why trust is expressed by going to God.

Yet this boldnesse is with humility, which carryes the soule out of it selfe; ¹and that boldnesse which the soule by trust hath with God, is from God himself; it hath nothing to alleadge from it selfe but its owne emptinesse and Gods fulnesse, its owne sinfulnesse and Gods mercy, its owne humble obedience, and Gods command; hence it is that the ⟨p. 339⟩true beleevers heart is not lifted up, nor swells with selfe confidence; as trust comes in that goes out; trust is never planted and growes but in an humble and low soule; trust is a holy motion of the soule to God, and motion arises from want; those (and those only) seek out abroad that want succour at home; ²Plants move not from place to place because they finde nourishment where they stand; but living creatures seeke abroad for their food, and for that end have a power of mooving from place to place; and this is the reason why trust is expressed by going to God.