dence, ...... 207
18. Other grounds of trusting in God: namely, the pro-
mises. And twelve directions about the same, . 212
19. Faith to be prized, and other things undervalued, at
least not to be trusted to as the chief, . . 218
20. Of the method of trusting in God, and the trial of that
trust, ...... 221
21. Of quieting the spirit in troubles for sin : and objec-
tions answered, ..... 226
22. Of sorrow for sin, and hatred of sin, when right and
sufficient. Helps thereto, . . . 232
23. Other spiritual causes of the soul's trouble discovered
and removed : and objections answered, . . 237
24. Of outward troubles disquieting the spirit ; and com-
forts in them, ..... 239
25. Of the defects of gifts, disquieting the soul. As also
the afflictions of the chm'ch, . . . 242
20, Of divme reasons in a beUever, of his minding to praise
God more than to be delivered, . . . 244
27. In our worst condition we have cause to praise God.
Still ample cause in these days, . . . 248
28. Divers qualities of the praise due to God, With helps
therein. And notes of God's hearing our prayers, 252
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Chap. 29. Of God's manifold salvation for his people ; and why- open, or expressed in the countenance, . . 258 30. Of God, our God, and of particular application, . 262
81. Means of improving and e\idencing to our souls that
God is our God, . . . .267
82. Of improving our evidences for comfort in several pas-
sages of our lives, .... 271
83. Of experience and faith, and how to wait on God com-
fortably. Helps thereto, . . . 277
84. Of confirming this trust in God. Seek it of God him-
self. Sins hinder not : nor Satan. Conclusion
and sohloquy, ..... 282
Notes, ....... 289-294
The Saint's Safety IN Evil Times Ps. VIE. 14, . . 295
Notes, ....... 813
The Saint's Safety in Evil Times, Manifested by St Paul, fkom his Experience op God's
Goodness in Greatest Distress 2 Tim. IV. 17, 18, 314
Notes, . . . . . . .884
Christ is Best; or, St Paul's Strait Phil. I, 23, 24, 835
Notes, ....... 350
Christ's Sufferings for Man's Sin Mat. XXVII. 46, 351
Notes, ....... 369
The Church's Visitation 1 Pet. IV. 17-19, 371
Notes, ....... 884
The Ungodly's Misery .....1 Pet. IV. 17, . 885
The Difficulty of Salvation = 1 Pet, IV. 18, .395
The Saint's Hiding-Place in the Evil Day 1 Pet. IV. 19, . 401
Notes, ....... 410
The Saint's Hiding-Place in the Evil Day 1 Pet. IV. 19, .411
*:f* The ' Notes ' prefixed to the several Treatises and Sermons will shew, that in the present volume are included the whole of the works published by Sibbes himself : ' The Description of Christ,' and ' The Sword of the Wicked,' being restored to their proper places, as introductory to ' The Bruised Eeed,' and ' The Soul's Conflict,' re- spectively.'— Q.
EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.
Having now in my library the whole of the works of Sibbes, with the excep- tion of tioo small volumes, I beg to note them here, in the hope that thereby I may secure them.
(l.j The Saint's Comforts, being the substance of divers sermons preached on Ps. cxxx., the beginning ; The Saint's Happiness, on Ps. Ixxiii. 28 ; The Kich Pearl, on Mat. xiii. 45, 46 ; The Success of the Gospel, on Luke vii. 34, 35 ; Mary's Choice on Luke x. 38-40. By a Eeverend Divine now with God. Printed at London by Thos. Cotes, and are to be sold by Peter Cole, at the sign of the Glove, in Cornhill, near the Exchange. 1638. 12mo.
(2.) Antidotum contra Naufragium Fidei et Bonse ConscientisB, Concio Latine. . . 2 Tim. i. 14. Pp. 78. 18mo.
In view of the bibliographical list (see a of this Preface), it is also exceedingly de- sirable to have the following editions : —
(3.) Bruised Reed. Ath edition. 1632. 18mo.
(4.j Two Sermons on First "Words of Christ's Last Sermon. 4to, 1636. 1st edition,
(5.) Spiritual Man's Aim. 2d edition.
(6.) Fountain Sealed. 2d edition.
(7.) Divine Meditations. 2d edition.
PREFACE.
In presenting the public with the first volume of what, it is hoped, will prove a standard edition of the hitherto uncollected and in- edited works of Dr Richard Sibbes, I may be permitted to make the following remarks : —
(a) Sibbes has had no preceding editor. The edition (so-called), of his 'Works,' noted below,* contains a mere fraction, and those which are included have been mutilated and most care- lessly printed. It were invidious to point out the abounding blunders of these volumes. ' This edition,' says the late Wilham Pickering, our English Aldus, 'which purports to be the entire works of Sibbes, contains only a small portion ; besides being incorrectly printed, and omitting the prefaces, dedications, and tables/ t
There have been many editions, more or less accurate, and more or less attractive in their typography, of separate treatises, — especially of the Bruised Reed and Soul's Conflict. These, so far as known to us, will be recorded in a bibliographical list of editions in the concluding volume.
(b) It may therefore be pleaded, that any shortcomings, whether of omission or commission, claim indulgence, in that the editor has had wholly to prepare his text from the original and early editions ;J