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“What coward would not fight when he is sure of victory?”

Book:Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)

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Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)

The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes is a scholarly compilation of sermons, treatises, and other religious writings by the renowned Puritan theologian. The set offers a comprehensive look into Sibbes' theological thought and his influence on the English Reformation. more

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Richard Sibbes

Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) was a prominent English theologian and writer during the 17th century. His works held significant influence within the Puritan movement, particularly his seminal work 'The Soul's Ease,' which has had a profound impact on subsequent theologians and believers. more

“God is goodness itself, in whom all goodness is involved. If therefore we love other things for the goodness which we see in them, why do we not love God, in whom is all goodness? All other things are but sparks of that fire, and drops of that sea. If you see any good in the creature, remember there is much more in the Creator. Leave therefore the streams, and go to the fountainhead of comfort.”

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Author:Richard Sibbes

“A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.”

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Author:John Cotton

“The more learned and witty you bee, the more fit to act for Satan will you bee.”

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Author:John Cotton

“Though we have clear and full scriptures in the New Testament for abolishing the Ceremonial law, yet we nowhere read in all the new Testament of the abolishing of the Judicial law, so far as it did concern the punishing of sins against the Moral law, of which Heresy and seducing of souls is one, and a great one. Once God did reveal his will for punishing those sins by such and such punishments. He who will hold that the Christian Magistrate is not bound to inflict such punishments for such sins, is bound to prove that those former laws of God are abolished, and to shew some scripture for it.”