Richard Sibbes
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3,163 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
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He scatters pearls and diamonds with both hands.
The facts concerning Sib's life can be briefly stated.
There is a full account in volume one of the Banner of Truth Trust Edition of his works.
He was born at Tosdock, Suffolk.
In fifteen seventy seven and went to school at Bury St.
Edmunds.
His father intended Richard to follow his own trade as a wheelwright.
But with the help of friends, he went up to St.
John's College, Cambridge in fifteen ninety five.
Here he was converted under the powerful preaching of Paul Bane.
The successor of William Perkins in the pulpit of Great St.
Andrew's Church.
After earning his BD
In sixteen ten he was appointed a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge.
Unsuccessful attempts were made to remove him from this post because of his Puritan tendencies.
Through the influence of powerful friends, he
He was chosen to be the preacher at Grey's Inn, London, in sixteen seventeen.
and remained there till sixteen twenty six.
In that year he returned to Cambridge as master of St.
Catherine's Hall
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