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Richard Sibbes

“We ought daily to imitate Christ in our places, to be good to all as the Apostle says, “Always abounding in the work of the Lord.””
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Richard Sibbes

“We should labor to agree mutually in love, for that wherein any Christian differs from another is but in petty things. Grace knows no difference. The worm knows no difference. The day of judgment knows no difference. In the worst things we are all alike base, and in the best things we are all alike happy.”
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Richard Sibbes

“We should labor to judge ourselves before God for those things that the world takes no notice of, for spiritual, for inward things.”
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Richard Sibbes

“What we are afraid to speak before men, and to do for fear of danger, let us be much more afraid to think before God.”
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Richard Sibbes

“Whatsoever God takes away from His children, He either supplies it with a much greater favor or else with strength to bear it; God gives charge to others to take care of the fatherless and widow and will He neglect them Himself?”
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Richard Sibbes

“Whatsoever is good for God’s children they shall have it, for all is theirs to further them to heaven; therefore, if poverty be good, they shall have it; if disgrace be good, they shall have it; if crosses be good, they shall have them; if misery be good, they shall have it; for all is ours, to serve for our greatest good.”
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Richard Sibbes

“When God means to bestow any blessing on His church or children He will pour out upon them the spirit of prayer.”
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Richard Sibbes

“When the soul admires spiritual things it is then in a holy frame, and so long it will not stoop to any base comfort.”
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Richard Sibbes

“When we see God blasphemed or the like, let us think how would Christ stand affected if He were here; when He was here upon earth, how zealous He was against profaneness; and shall we be cold?”
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