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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 28THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 28
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In praising God, it is not good to delay, but take advantage of the freshness 1of the blessing; what we add to delay, we take from thankfulness, and withal, lose the prime and first fruits of our affections; It is a wise redeeming of time, to observe the best seasons of thankfulness; a cheerful heart will best close with a cheerful duty; and therefore it is not good to waste so fit a temper in frivolous things, but after some contentment given to nature, let God have the fruit of his own planting; ⟨p. 447⟩otherwise it is even no better then the refreshing of him that standeth by a good fire, and crieth Ah, ah, I […] warm.2
In praising God, it is not good to delay, but take advantage of the freshnesse 1of the blessing; what we adde to delay, we take from thankfulnesse, and withall, lose the prime and first fruits of our affections; It is a wise redeeming of time, to observe the best seasons of thankfulnesse; a cheerefull heart will best close with a cheerefull duty; and therefore it is not good to waste so fit a temper in frivolous things, but after some contentment given to nature, let God have the fruit of his owne planting; ⟨p. 447⟩otherwise it is even no better then the refreshing of him that standeth by a good fire, and cryeth Ah, ah, I 〈…〉 warme.2
- 1Not to delay our praises.
- 2Isa. 44. 16.