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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
THE SOULS CONFLICT with it self. › Chapter 21THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 21
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Yet to keep them from utter sinking, let them consider withal, the unlimited mercy of God, as not limited to any person, or any sin, so not to any time; there is no prescription of time can bind God, his mercy hath no certain date that will expire, so as those that fly unto it, shall have no benefit. Invincible mercy will never be conquered, 1and endless goodness never admits of bounds or end.
Yet to keep them from utter sinking, let them consider withall, the unlimited mercy of God, as not limited to any person, or any sin, so not to any time; there is no prescription of time can binde God, his mercy hath no certaine date that will expire, so as those that fly unto it, shall have no benefit. Invincible mercy will never be conquered, 1and endlesse goodnesse never admits of bounds or end.
- 1Bonitas invicti non vincitur, & infinita miserecordia non finitur. Fulgent.
What kind of people were those that followed Christ, were they not such as had lived long in their sinful courses? He did not only raise them that were newly dead, but Lazarus that had lien four days in the grave. They thought Christs power in raising the dead, had reached to a short time only, but he would let them know, that he could as well raise those that had been long as lately dead. If Christ be the Physician, it is no matter of how long continuance the disease be. He is good at all kind of diseases, and will ⟨p. 362⟩not endure the reproach of disability to cure any. Some diseases are the reproaches of other Physicians, as being above their skill to help, but no conceit more dangerous when we are to deal with Christ.
What kinde of people were those that followed Christ, were they not such as had lived long in their sinfull courses? He did not onely raise them that were newly dead, but Lazarus that had lyen foure dayes in the grave. They thought Christs power in raising the dead, had reached to a short time onely, but hee would let them know, that hee could as well raise those that had been long as lately dead. If Christ be the Physitian, it is no matter of how long continuance the disease be. He is good at all kinde of diseases, and will