Definition of "recoiling"

And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short […]

1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727