Sibbes, Richard
When we are so far satisfied with the government of Christ’s Spirit that we are willing to resign up ourselves to him in all things, then his kingdom is come to us, and our wills are brought to his will. [TBR]
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Let us not look so much at who our enemies are as at who our judge and captain is, nor at what they threaten, but at what he promises. [TBR]
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What greater unthankfulness can there be than to depise any help that Christ in mercy has provided for us? [TBR]
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Weakness, with acknowledgment of it, is the fittest seat and subject for God to perfect his strength in. [TBR]
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No man’s judgment is the measure of things further than it agrees to truth stamped upon things themselves by God. [TBR]
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If we are overtaken with any sin, we must remember to have recourse first to Christ’s mercy to pardon us, and then to the promise of his Spirit to govern us. [TBR]
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Spiritual tyranny is the greatest tyranny, and then especially when it is where most mercy should be shown. [TBR]
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The means that God has set apart for the effecting of any thing are included in the purpose that he has to bring that thing to pass. [TBR]
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To the extent that we give way to our will in sinning, to that extent we set ourselves at a distance from comfort. [TBR]
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None are damned in the church but those who are determined to be, including those who persist in having hard thoughts of Christ. [TBR]