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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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A thankful disposition, is a special •lp in an afflicted condition, for thankfulness springs from love, and love rejoin in suffering. Thankfulness raises 1•e soul higher then it self, it is a tra•g with God, whereby as we by him, •o be gains by us. Therefore the Saints •d this as a motive to God, that he would grant their desires, because the •ing praise him, and not the dead. If 2God expect praise from us, sure he will •t us into a condition of praise.
A thankfull disposition, is a speciall •lp in an afflicted condition, for thankfulnesse springs from love, and love rejoy• in suffering. Thankfulnesse raises 1•e soule higher then it selfe, it is a tra•g with God, whereby as we by him, •o be gaines by us. Therefore the Saints •d this as a motive to God, that hee would grant their desires, because the •ing praise him, and not the dead. If 2God expect praise from us, sure he will •t us into a condition of praise.