Richard Sibbes

Quotes

• “Heaven is not heaven without Christ. It is better to be in any place with Christ than to be in heaven itself without him...”
• “It should be the art of Christians to present death as a passage to a better life, to labour to bring our souls into suc...”
• “Weakness with watchfulness will stand, when strength with too much confidence fails. Weakness, with acknowledgement of i...”
• “Glory follows afflictions, not as the day follows the night but as the spring follows the winter; for the winter prepare...”
• “Where Christ’s Spirit is, it will bring men from their altitudes and excellencies, and make them to stoop to serve the c...”
• “Every creature thinks itself best in its own element, that is the place it thrives in, and enjoys its happiness in; now ...”
• “There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us.”
• “Live desired in the world, and die lamented.”
• “God can pick sense out of a confused prayer.”