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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 25THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 25
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But that is the measure which Christ thinks fit; who will make up that in ⟨p. 407⟩the body, which is wanting in any parlour member. God will increase the •asure of our gifts, as occasion shall […] offered to draw them forth: for there is not the greatest, but may have […] both of the parts, and graces of the •nest in the Church. And here the •le may by a spirit of faith go to God in this manner. Lord, the estate of Christianity unto which thy love in Christ hath called, and advanced me, is an high condition; and there is need of a great measure of grace, to uphold the credit and comfort of it. Whom thou callest unto it, thou dost in some •asure furnish, to walk worthy of it. Let this be an evidence to my soul of the •th of thy call, that I am enabled by the Spirit for those duties that are required; in confidence of which assistance, I will set upon the work: Thou hast promised to give wisdom to them that ask it, & to •id none with their unworthiness. 1Nay, thou hast promised the spirit of all grace to those that beg it; it is that which I need, and it is no more then thou hast promised.
But that is the measure which Christ thinkes fit; who will make up that in ⟨p. 407⟩the body, which is wanting in any par•lar member. God will encrease the •asure of our gifts, as occasion shall 〈…〉 offered to draw them forth: for there is not the greatest, but may have 〈…〉 both of the parts, and graces of the •nest in the Church. And here the •le may by a spirit of faith goe to God in this maner. Lord, the estate of Christianity unto which thy love in Christ hath called, and advanced mee, is an high condition; and there is need of a great measure of grace, to uphold the credit and comfort of it. Whom thou callest unto it, thou dost in some asure furnish, to walke worthy of it. Let this be an evidēce to my soul of the th of thy call, that I am enabled by the Spirit for those duties that are required; in confidēce of which assistāce, I will set upō the work: Thou hast promised to give wisdome to thē that ask it, & to id none with their unworthinesse.