Quotes from Richard Sibbes
There is not a minute of time in all of our life but we must either be near to God or we will be undone.
- Richard Sibbes
Self-emptiness prepares us for spiritual fullness.
- Richard Sibbes
When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.
- Richard Sibbes
The life of a Christian should be a meditation how to unloose his affection from inferior things. He will easily die that is dead before in affection.
- Richard Sibbes
When we grow careless of keeping our souls, then God recovers our taste of good things again by sharp crosses.
- Richard Sibbes
God takes a safe course with His children, that they may not be condemned with the world, He permits the world to condemn them, that they may not love the world, the world hates them.
- Richard Sibbes
See a flame in a spark, a tree in a seed. See great things in little beginnings.
- Richard Sibbes
This is a life of faith, for God will try the truth of our faith, so that the world may see that God has such servants as will depend upon His bare word.
- Richard Sibbes
Where Christ's Spirit is, it will bring men from their altitudes and excellencies, and make them to stoop to serve the church, and account it an honour to be an instrument to do good.
- Richard Sibbes
It would be a good contest amongst Christians, one to labour to give no offence, and the other to labour to take none. The best men are severe to themselves, tender over others.
- Richard Sibbes
In the godly, holy truths are conveyed by way of a taste; gracious men have a spiritual palate as well as a spiritual eye. Grace alters the spiritual taste.
- Richard Sibbes
Death is only a grim porter to let us into a stately palace.
- Richard Sibbes