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Richard Sibbes quotes: It is a destructive addition to add anything to Christ

It is a destructive addition to add anything to Christ

Richard Sibbes quotes: Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy.

Those that look to be happy must first look to be holy.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Whatsoever God takes away from His children, He either replaces it with a much greater favor or else gives strength to bear it.

Whatsoever God takes away from His children, He either replaces it with a much greater favor or else gives strength to bear it.

Richard Sibbes quotes: That which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.

That which is begun in self-confidence will end in shame.

Richard Sibbes quotes: And there is a proud kind of moderation likewise, when men will take upon them to censure both parties, as if they were wiser than both,

And there is a proud kind of moderation likewise, when men will take upon them to censure both parties, as if they were wiser than both,

Richard Sibbes quotes: It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell.

It is better to go bruised to heaven than sound to hell.

Richard Sibbes quotes: A man may be a false prophet and yet speak the truth.

A man may be a false prophet and yet speak the truth.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.

Richard Sibbes quotes: God will have the body partake with the soul-as in matters of grief, so in matters of joy; the lanthorn shines in the light of the candle within.

God will have the body partake with the soul-as in matters of grief, so in matters of joy; the lanthorn shines in the light of the candle within.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Beauty. We must know for our comfort that Christ was not anointed to this great work of Mediator for lesser sins only, but for the greatest,

Beauty. We must know for our comfort that Christ was not anointed to this great work of Mediator for lesser sins only, but for the greatest,

Richard Sibbes quotes: The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

The life of a Christian is wondrously ruled in this world, by the consideration and meditation of the life of another world.

Richard Sibbes quotes: What a support to our faith is this, that God the Father, the party offended by our sins, is so well pleased with the work of redemption!

What a support to our faith is this, that God the Father, the party offended by our sins, is so well pleased with the work of redemption!

Richard Sibbes quotes: Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

Richard Sibbes quotes: If Christ has once possessed the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcomes all fires without.

If Christ has once possessed the affections, there is no dispossessing of him again. A fire in the heart overcomes all fires without.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

Satan gives Adam an apple, and takes away Paradise. Therefore in all temptations let us consider not what he offers, but what we shall lose.

Richard Sibbes quotes: A sharp reproof sometimes is a precious pearl, and a sweet balm. The wounds of secure sinners will not be healed with sweet words.

A sharp reproof sometimes is a precious pearl, and a sweet balm. The wounds of secure sinners will not be healed with sweet words.

Richard Sibbes quotes: God's truth always agrees with itself.

God's truth always agrees with itself.

Richard Sibbes quotes: The wronged side is always the safest.

The wronged side is always the safest.

Richard Sibbes quotes: What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?

What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?

Richard Sibbes quotes: The depths of our misery can never fall below the depths of mercy.

The depths of our misery can never fall below the depths of mercy.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Discouragements, then, must come from ourselves and Satan, who laboureth to fasten on us a loathing of duty.

Discouragements, then, must come from ourselves and Satan, who laboureth to fasten on us a loathing of duty.

Richard Sibbes quotes: God has decreed it so, that where tenderness of heart is, there mercy shall follow ...

God has decreed it so, that where tenderness of heart is, there mercy shall follow ...

Richard Sibbes quotes: The soul is never quiet till it comes to God ... and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

The soul is never quiet till it comes to God ... and that is the one thing the soul desireth.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Sin is not so sweet in the committing as it is heavy and bitter in the reckoning.

Sin is not so sweet in the committing as it is heavy and bitter in the reckoning.

Richard Sibbes quotes: There is not a minute of time in all of our life but we must either be near to God or we will be undone.

There is not a minute of time in all of our life but we must either be near to God or we will be undone.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace.

Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace.

Richard Sibbes quotes: A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.

A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.

Richard Sibbes quotes: God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.

God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Perfect refining is for another world,

Perfect refining is for another world,

Richard Sibbes quotes: It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.

It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Nothing is so certain as that which is certain after doubts. Shaking settles and roots.

Nothing is so certain as that which is certain after doubts. Shaking settles and roots.

Richard Sibbes quotes: The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.

The way to cover our sin is to uncover it by confession.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Times are bad, God is good.

Times are bad, God is good.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Let weak Christians know that a spark from heaven, though kindled under green wood that sobs and smokes, yet it will consume all at last.

Let weak Christians know that a spark from heaven, though kindled under green wood that sobs and smokes, yet it will consume all at last.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Better to be in trouble with Christ, than in peace without him.

Better to be in trouble with Christ, than in peace without him.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Live desired in the world, and die lamented.

Live desired in the world, and die lamented.

Richard Sibbes quotes: The whole conduct of a Christian is nothing else but knowledge reduced to will, affection and practice.

The whole conduct of a Christian is nothing else but knowledge reduced to will, affection and practice.

Richard Sibbes quotes: When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.

When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.

Richard Sibbes quotes: When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.

Richard Sibbes quotes: There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.

Richard Sibbes quotes: See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.

See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.

Richard Sibbes quotes: It is Christ's manner to trouble our souls first, and then to come with healing in his wings.

It is Christ's manner to trouble our souls first, and then to come with healing in his wings.

Richard Sibbes quotes: A curse lies upon those that, when the truth suffers, have not a word to defend it.

A curse lies upon those that, when the truth suffers, have not a word to defend it.

Richard Sibbes quotes: Christ does not choose you because you are good, but to make you good.

Christ does not choose you because you are good, but to make you good.

Richard Sibbes quotes: The more we see the grace of God in Christ, the spirit of fear is diminished and replaced by a spirit of love and boldness.

The more we see the grace of God in Christ, the spirit of fear is diminished and replaced by a spirit of love and boldness.

Richard Sibbes quotes: What do the Scriptures speak but Christ's love and tender care over those that are humbled?

What do the Scriptures speak but Christ's love and tender care over those that are humbled?

Richard Sibbes quotes: Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

Possibilitas tua mensura tua'(What is possible to you is what you will be measured by).

Richard Sibbes quotes: Nothing in the world of so good use, as the least dram of grace.

Nothing in the world of so good use, as the least dram of grace.

Richard Sibbes quotes: If our faith were but as firm as our state in Christ is secure and glorious, what manner of men should we be?

If our faith were but as firm as our state in Christ is secure and glorious, what manner of men should we be?

Richard Sibbes quotes: What the heart liketh best, the mind studieth most.

What the heart liketh best, the mind studieth most.

Richard Sibbes quotes: It is evident that our conversion is sound when we loathe and hate sin from the heart.

It is evident that our conversion is sound when we loathe and hate sin from the heart.