Richard Sibbes

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King Lear · Bruised Reed - Richard Sibbes · 26 Jul 2026 podcast

But that comfortable truths were laid open with such plainness and evidence that the people were so affected with them as to offer a holy violence to obtain them.

Christ chose those to preach mercy who had felt most mercy.

as Peter and Paul, that they might be examples of what they taught.

Paul became all things to all men.

First Corinthians nine twenty two

stooping unto them for their good.

Christ came down from heaven and emptied himself of majesty and tender love to souls.

Shall we not come down from our high conceits to do any poor soul good?

Shall man be proud after God has been humble?

We see the ministers of Satan turn themselves into all shapes to make one proselyte twenty three fifteen.

We see ambitious men study accommodation of themselves to the humours of those by whom they hope to be raised, and shall we not study application of ourselves to Christ, by whom we hope to be advanced, nay are already sitting with him in heavenly places?

After we are gained to Christ ourselves, we shall

We should labor to gain others to Christ.

Holy ambition and covetousness will move us to put upon ourselves the disposition of Christ.

But we must put off ourselves first.

Again, we should not rack their wits with curious or doubtful disputations fourteen one.

For so we shall distract and tire them.

and give occasion to make them cast off the care of all.

That age of the church which was most fertile in subtle questions, was most barren in religion.

For it makes people think religion to be only a matter of cleverness.

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