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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 30THE SOVLES CONFLICT with it selfe. › Chapter 30
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3. This is that which distinguishes the faith of a true Christian, from all 1hypocrites and cast-aways whatsoever. Were it not for this word of possession [Mine] the devil might say the Creed to as good purpose as we; He believes there is a God and a Christ, but that which torments him is this, he can say [My] to never an Article of •aith.
3. This is that which distinguishes the faith of a true Christian, from all 1hypocrites and cast-awayes whatsoever. Were it not for this word of possession [Mine] the devill might say the Creed to as good purpose as we; He beleeves there is a God and a Christ, but that which torments him is this, he can say [My] to never an Article of •aith.
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4. A general apprehension of Gods goodness and mercy may stand with 1desperation. Take away My from God, 2and take away God himself in regard of comfort; what comfort was it for Adam, when he was shut out of Paradise to look upon it after he had lost •t? The more excellencies are in God, […] more our grief if we have not our •rt in them: the very life blood of ⟨p. 484⟩the Gospel, lies in a special application of particular mercy to our selves. All relations that God and Christ have taken upon them, imply a necessity of application; What if God be a rock of salvation if we do not rest upon him? What if he be a foundation, and we do not build on him? What if he offers himself as a husband, if we will not accept of him, what avails it us? How can we rejoice in the salvation of our souls, unless we can in particular say, I rejoice in God my Saviour.