Richard Sibbes
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Jul
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From this mixture arises the fact that the people of God have so different judgments of themselves that
Looking sometimes at the work of grace.
Sometimes at the remainder of corruption.
And when they look upon that
Then they think they have no grace.
Though they love Christ in his ordinances and children,
Yet they dare not claim so near acquaintance as to be his.
Even as a candle in the socket sometimes shows its light, and sometimes the show of light is lost, so sometimes they are well persuaded of themselves, sometimes at a loss.
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Chapter four of the Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbs Revised by Banner of Truth.
This Librevox recording is in the public domain.
Chapter four Christ will not quench the smoking flax
The second observation concerning the weak and small beginnings of grace is that Christ will not quench the smoking flax.
This is so for two principal reasons.
First, because this spark is from heaven.
It is his own.
It is kindled by his own spirit.
And secondly, it tends to the glory of his powerful grace and his children that he preserves light in the midst of darkness, a spark in the midst of the swelling waters of corruption.
The least spark of grace is precious.
There is an especial blessing in that little spark that
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