"Measure not God's love and favour by your……" — Richard Sibbes
"Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof."
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61 Quotes by Richard Sibbes
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
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It is atheism to pray and not wait on hope.
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God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.
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When we shoot an arrow, we look to the fall of it; when we send a ship to sea, we…
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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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God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the…
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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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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
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We are only safe when we wisely make use of all good advantages that we have access to. By going…
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