PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes — Volume 4
Richard Sibbes · 362,113 words · 363 reading sections
Section 361
Fourth, Again, Christ gave that that ivas his own, his own body, his own life, for his sheep ; and his own endeavour, whatsoever he gave, was his own. So if we will be kind to others, we must do it of our own ; we must not do good with that that we have gotten from others by unjust means. For the ' sacrifice of the wic…
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But our kindness must be most to those that arc nearest God, to those of the family ' and household of faith,' Gal. vi. 10. To those that God loves most we must be most kind ; to whom God hath dispensed the greatest things, we should not deny the less. Indeed, it is a hard matter to give wisely in those times, and not…
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Therefore let us labour to be discreetly large and bountiful, as we desire to die with comfort ; as we would make it good that we know ' the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,' with interest in it ; and as we would make it good to our souls that the example of Christ is a thing that hath any efficacy with us ; or else we …
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.