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Excerpt from The Soul''s Conflict and Victory Over Itself by Faith
What unthankfulness is it to forget our consolation, and to look only upon matter of grievance? To think so much upon two or three crosses, as to forget a hundred blessings? To suck poison out of that, from which we should suck honey? What folly is it to straiten, and darken our own spirits? And indispose ourselves from doing or taking good? A limb out of joint can do nothing without deformity and pain; de jection takes off the wheels of the soul.
Of all other, Satan hath most advantage of discon tented persons, as most agreeable to his disposition; being the most discontented creature under heaven, he hammers all his dark plots in their brains. The discontentment of the Israelites in the wilderness provoked God to swear that they should never enter into his rest. Psalm xcv. Ult. There is another spi rit in my servant Caleb, saith God; the spirit of God''s people is an encouraging spirit. Wisdom teach es them, if they feel any grievances, to conceal them from others that are weaker, lest they be disheartened. God threatens it as a curse to give a trembling heart, and sorrow of mind, Deut. Xxviii. 65; whereas on the contrary, joy is as oil to the soul, it makes duties come off cheerfully and sweetly from ourselves, gra ciously to others, and acceptably to God. A prince cannot endure it in his subjects, nor a father in his children, to be lowering at their presence. Such usu ally have stolen waters to delight themselves in.
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What unthankfulness is it to forget our consolation, and to look only upon matter of grievance? To think so much upon two or three crosses, as to forget a hundred blessings? To suck poison out of that, from which we should suck honey? What folly is it to straiten, and darken our own spirits? And indispose ourselves from doing or taking good? A limb out of joint can do nothing without deformity and pain; de jection takes off the wheels of the soul.
Of all other, Satan hath most advantage of discon tented persons, as most agreeable to his disposition; being the most discontented creature under heaven, he hammers all his dark plots in their brains. The discontentment of the Israelites in the wilderness provoked God to swear that they should never enter into his rest. Psalm xcv. Ult. There is another spi rit in my servant Caleb, saith God; the spirit of God''s people is an encouraging spirit. Wisdom teach es them, if they feel any grievances, to conceal them from others that are weaker, lest they be disheartened. God threatens it as a curse to give a trembling heart, and sorrow of mind, Deut. Xxviii. 65; whereas on the contrary, joy is as oil to the soul, it makes duties come off cheerfully and sweetly from ourselves, gra ciously to others, and acceptably to God. A prince cannot endure it in his subjects, nor a father in his children, to be lowering at their presence. Such usu ally have stolen waters to delight themselves in.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Richard Sibbes
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ISBN - 9780266311775
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 305
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