Richard Sibbes — The Bruised Reed

As in the law, when the mercy-seat was made, two cherubims were also framed, and placed one at the one end, and the other at the other end thereof, with their faces looking one towards another, Exod. xxv. 20. And when Ch…

There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,'and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.

We should be ready at all times to depart hence, and to live in such a condition as we would be content to die in.

Stir up the grace that is in you, for in this way holy motions turn to resolutions, resolutions to practice, and practice to a prepared readiness to every good work.

If the sweetness of all flowers were in one, how sweet must that flower be? In Christ all perfections of mercy and love meet. How great then must that mercy be that lodges in so gracious a heart?

None are so aware of corruption as those whose souls are most alive.