Richard Sibbes — The Bruised Reed

Beloved, it should be a shame to us, that we should not have the sanctified art of reasoning, to argue from the gift of Christ, to the giving of all things needful for us.

A man truly bruised judges sin the greatest evil, and the favor of God the greatest good.

Christ values us by what we shall be, and by what we are elected unto. We call a little plant a tree, because it is growing up to be so.

Christ's way is first to wound, then to heal. No sound, whole soul shall ever enter into heaven.

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.