"In all their jollity in this world, the……" — Richard Sibbes
"In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing but tragedies. So when the book of their consciences shall be once opened, there is nothing to be read but lamentations and woes."
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61 Quotes by Richard Sibbes
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Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ.…
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Poverty and affliction take away the fuel that feeds pride.
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The winter prepares the earth for the spring, so do afflictions sanctified prepare the soul for glory.
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When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
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The whole life of a Christian should be nothing but praises and thanks to God; we should neither eat nor…
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