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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 26THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 26
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This should be a strong plea unto us […] our prayers, to prevail with God, when we engage our selves upon the revelation of his mercy to us, to yield him all the praises. Lord as the benefit •d comfort shall be mine, so the praises shall be thine.
This should be a strong plea unto us 〈…〉 our prayers, to prevaile with God, when we ingage our selves upon the revelation of his mercy to us, to yeeld him all the praises. Lord as the benefit •d comfort shall be mine, so the praises shall be thine.
It is little less then blasphemy, to 1praise God for that which by unlawful shifts we have procured; for be•des the bypocrisie of it (in seeming to sacrifice to him, when we sacrifice in•ed to our own wits and carnal helps) we make him a Patron of those ways which he most abhors; and it is Idolatry in the highest degree, to transform God so in our thoughts, as •o think he is pleased with that which comes from his greatest enemy. And there is a gross mistake to take Gods curse for a blessing; to thrive in an ill way, is a spiritual judgement, ex•eamly hardening the heart.
It is little lesse then blasphemy, to 1praise God for that which by unlawfull shifts we have procured; for be•des the bypocrisie of it (in seeming to sacrifice to him, when we sacrifice in•ed to our owne wits and carnall helps) we make him a Patron of those wayes which he most abhorres; and it is Idolatry in the highest degree, to transforme God so in our thoughts, as o thinke he is pleased with that which comes from his greatest enemy. And there is a grosse mistake to take Gods curse for a blessing; to thrive in an ill way, is a spirituall judgement, exeamly hardening the heart.