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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 22THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 22
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We speak only of those that are 1so far displeased with themselves for their ill temper, as they do not favour themselves in it, but are willing to yield to Gods way in redressing it, and do not cross the Spirit, moving them thus with David to check themselves, and to trust in God. Otherwise, an unfeeling and careless state of Spirit will breed a secret shame of going to God, for removing of that we are not hearty in labouring against, so far as 2our conscience tells us we are enabled.
We speake onely of those that are 1so farre displeased with themselves for their ill temper, as they doe not favour themselves in it, but are willing to yeeld to Gods way in redressing it, and doe not crosse the Spirit, moving them thus with David to check themselves, and to trust in God. Otherwise, an unfeeling and carelesse state of Spirit will breed a secret shame of going to God, for removing of that wee are not hearty in labouring against, so farre as 2our conscience tells us we are enabled.
- 1Caution
- 2The most constant state of the soul, in regard of sin.The most constant state of the soule, in regard of sinne.
The most constant state the soul can be in, in regard of sin, is, upon ⟨p. 377⟩judgement to condemn it upon right ends, and to resolve against it. Thereupon Repentance is called an af•isdome and change of the mind. And s disposition is in Gods children at […] times. And for affections, love of that ich is good, and hatred of that which […] evil; these likewise, have a settled tinuance in the soul. But, grief […] sorrow rise and fall as fresh occasions re offered, and are more lively stirred […] upon some lively representation, to […] soul of some hurt we receive by e, and wrong we do to God in it. e reason hereof is, because till the e be separated from the body, these actions have more communion with […] body, and therefore they carry more ward expressions, then dislike, or omination in the mind doth. We […] to judge of our selves more by that ich is constant, then by that which is ing and flowing.