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 ...
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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 ...
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Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.
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London :: Printed by M.F. for R. Dawlman at the Brazen serpent in Pauls-churchyard,
1635.
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Soul -- Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12198.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2025.
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§. 6.
5. Observe further, that distrust is the cause of all disquiet: the soule suffers * 1.1 it selfe by something here below to be drawne away from God, but can finde no rest till it returne to him againe. As Noahs Dove had no place to set her * 1.2foote upon, till it was received into the Arke from whence it came. And it is Gods mercy to us, that when we have let goe our hold of God, wee should finde nothing but trouble and unquiet∣nesse in any thing else, that so we might remember from whence wee are fallen and returne home againe. That is a good trouble which frees us from the
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greatest trouble, and brings with it the most comfortable rest; It is but an un∣quiet quiet, and a restlesse rest which is out of God. It is a deepe spirituall judge∣ment for a man to finde too much rest in the creature: The soule that hath had a saving worke upon it, will be al∣wayes impatient untill it recovers its former sweetnesse in God: After Gods spirit hath once touched the soule, it will never be quiet untill it stands pointed God-ward.
But conscience may object, upon any* 1.3offence God is offended, and therefore not to be trusted.
It is true, where faith is not above naturall conscience; but a conscience * 1.4sprinkled with the blood of Christ, is not scared from God by its infirmities and failiags, but as David here, is rather stirred up to runne unto God by his distemper; and it had beene a greater sinne then his distemper not to have gone unto God. Those that have the spirit of sonnes in their hearts, runne not further from God after they have a little strayed from him, but though it be
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the nature of sinfull passions to breed griefe and shame, yet they will repaire to God againe, and their confidence overcomes their guilt; So well are they acquainted with Gods gracious dispo∣sition.
Yet we see here, David thinkes not of trusting in God, till first he had done justice upon his owne soule, in rebu∣king the unruly motions thereof; Cen∣sure for sinne goeth before favour in pardoning sinne, or boldnesse to aske pardon of God; those that love God must hate ill: If our consciences con∣demne* 1.5us of allowing any sinne, we can∣not have boldnesse with God who is (light and can abide no darknesse and) greater then our consciences.