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NICHOL'S SEEIES OF STANDARD DIVINES.
PURITAN PERIOD.
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By JOHN C. MILLER, D.D.,
LINCOLN COLLEGE ; HONOBAST CANON OF WO&CESTEB ; KECIOB OF SI UABTIN'S, BIBMINQHAAL
THE
WOEKS OF EICHARD SIBBES, D.D
VOL. I.
COUNCIL OF PUBLICATION.
W. LINDSAY ALEXANDER, D.D., Professor of Theology, Congregational Union, Edinburgh.
JAMES BEGG, D.D., Minister of Newington Free Church, Edinburgh.
THOMAS J. CRAWFORD, D.D., S.T.P., Professor of Divinity, University, Edinburgh.
D. T. K. DRUMMOND, M.A., Minister of St Thomas' Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D., Professor of Biblical Literature and Church History, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Edinburgh.
ANDREW THOMSON, D.D., Minister of Broughton Place United Presby- terian Church, Edinburgh.
©tneral @Ji(tor. REV. THOMAS SMITH, M.A., Edinbueoh.
THE COMPLETE WOEKS
RICHARD SIBBES, D.D.,
MASTER OF CATHERINE HALL, CAMBRIDGE ; PREACHER OF GRAY's INN,
LONDON.
^bitetr, Iviltlj gtfmoir,
BY THE EEV. ALEXANDER BALLOCH GROSART,
(cor. MEMB. SOC. ASTIQ. op SCOTLAND)
KINROSS.
VOL. I.
CONTAINING :
THE DESCRIPTION OF CHRIST THE BRUISED REED AND SMOKING FL.\X
THE SWORD OF THE WICKED THE SOUl's CONFLICT
THE saints' SAFETY IN EVIL TIMES CHRIST IS BEST, OR ST PAUl's STRMT-
CHRISt's sufferings FOR MAN's SIN THE CHURCh's VISITATION
THE ungodly' S MISERY THE DIFFICULTY OF SALVATION
THE saints' HIDING-PLACE IN THE EVIL DAY.
EDINBURGH: JAMES NICHOL.
LONDON: JAIVIES NISBET AND CO. DUBLIN: W. ROBERTSON.
M.DCCC.LXII.
BmNBCRGH:
PRIKTED Br JOHN GRE1<? AND SON
OLD PHYSIC QABDKN8.
1>-
3X
V. I
TO
THE REY. JAMES AUGUSTUS KESSET, PCL,
PREACHER TO THE HON. SOCIETY OF GRAY's INN, LONDON,
&c. &c. &c.
AND
THE REY. CHARLES KIRKBY ROBINSON, M.A.,
MASTER OF ST CATHARINe's COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, DISTINGUISHED OCCUPANTS OF OFFICES FORMERLY HELD BY
EICHAED SIBBES, D.D.,
THIS EDITION OF HIS WHOLE WORKS IS, WITH THEIR KIND PERMISSION, ^ RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY
THE EDITOR.
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface, ....... xiii
Memoir of Richard Sibbes, D.D., . . . . xix
Appendix to Memoir, ..... cxxxi
Description op Christ Mat. XII. 18, . 1
Notes, ....... 31
The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax Mat. XII. 20, . 33
Epistle Dedicatory, ...... 85-87
To the Christian Reader, . . . . .88-41
PART I. CHRIST WILL NOT BREAK THE BRUISED REED.
The text opened and divided. "What the reed is, and what the
bruising, ....... 43, 44
Those that Christ hath to deal withal are bruisod, . . 44
Bruising is necessary, 1. before conversion; 2. after conversion, 44
Use. Not to be rash in judging such, ... 44
Christ will not break the Bi-uised Reed, ... 45
Confirmed from his borrowed titles, relations, ofiices, . . 45
Use 1. Go boldly to the throne of grace, ... 46
Use 2. Despair not in thy bruisings, ... 46
Use 3. See the contrary to this in Satan, ... 40 (1.) Signs, (2.) Means, (3.) Measure, (4.) Comfort
to the bruised, .... 4G— 48
PART II. NOR quench THE SMOKING FLAX.
Grace is little at the first, ..... 49
Use. Not to be discouraged at small beginnings, . . 49
Grace is mingled with corruption, .... 50
Use. Hence we judge so variously of ourselves, . . 50 Christ will not quench small and weak beginnings —
U CONTENTS.
PAGE
Because it is from him, .... 51
Because it is for him, ..... 51
Use 1. No more should we : therefore —
1. Let all men in general carry themselves with modera-
tion ; yet with wisdom to discern those that are not
such, and tenderness towards beginners, . . 51, 52
2. In particular to admonish of this, (1.) ministers, (2.)
the church, (3.) magistrates, (4.) private Christians: that they quench not good things in others by their — example, slanderings, censuring and judging them — [1.] for matters indifferent, [2.] for weaknesses, . 53-57 Use 2. Examine whether we be such as Christ will not quench :
1. Kules how to examine ourselves, ... 58
2. Signs whereby to examine ourselves, . . 69 Some scruples of heart answered, that keep us from the com- fort of our examination, ..... 62
Use 3. We are encouraged to set upon duties, notwithstanding
our weaknesses and disabiUties, .... 65
A case about indisposition to duty resolved, ... 66
Two doubts of acceptance, either, 1. From scruples about
duties ; 2. Ignorance of our condition in Christ, . . 67
Weaknesses what, ...... 68
How to recover lost peace, ..... 69
Use 4. Let us frame our conceits accordingly, and not believe
Satan's representations of Christ to us, . . . 71