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Author : Richard SIBBES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1808
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026528079
Author : Richard SIBBES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1635
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:504195861
Author : Richard SIBBES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026518460
Author : Richard Sibbs
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019397942
Originally published in 1630, The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax is a collection of sermons by Richard Sibbes, a prominent Puritan theologian. This book offers guidance and comfort to those struggling with their faith, and remains an important work of Christian literature to this day. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Richard Sibbes,Alexander Beith
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1437072534
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Richard Sibbes
Publisher : Aneko Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798889362357
Bruising is needed so that reeds may know they are reeds, not oaks. Reeds need to be bruised because of the pride in our nature, the removal of which lets us live by mercy and faith. It is a difficult thing to bring a dull heart to cry for mercy. Our hearts, like malefactors, until they are beaten from all sides, never naturally cry for mercy from the Judge. But this bruising makes us set a high price upon Christ. It makes us more thankful and more fruitful in our lives. Whatever claim sin has on a man, bruising or breaking is the end of it. This spark of hope, being opposed by doubts and fears arising from the corruption of sin, makes him as smoking flax. Thus, both these together, a bruised reed and smoking flax, make up the state of a poor, distressed man. Our Savior terms such a one as poor in spirit. Christ will not break the bruised reed or quench the smoking flax. Though physicians put their patients through much pain, they will not destroy their patients' bodies but will do their best to heal them. Surgeons will cut, but not dismember. A mother will not cast away a sick or disobedient child. Shall we think there is more mercy in ourselves than in God, who plants the affection of mercy in us? To further declare Christ’s mercy to all bruised reeds, consider the comforting relationship He has taken upon Himself of husband, shepherd, and brother, which He will discharge to the utmost. It cannot but cheer the heart of the church to consider, despite all the infirmities and miseries she is subject to, that she has a Bridegroom with a kind disposition. He knows how to give the honor of kindness to the weaker vessel and will be so far from rejecting her because she is weak that He will pity her all the more. He is kind at all times and will speak to her heart, especially when in the wilderness.
Author : Rev. Kent Eilers,Ashley Cocksworth,Anna M. Silvas
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532670893
This anthology is a collection of readings on the Christian life. They were carefully selected from every era of history and from across the spectrum of Christian traditions. They include letters, sermons, treatises and disputations, poems, songs and hymns, confessions, biblical commentary, and even part of a novel. In each case, the subject is life with God, life in God, life for God--life infused and enlivened by God's grace. The editors introduce each selection, highlighting relevant aspects of the author's biography, spirituality, and historical context. Introductions are also provided for the major eras of the church which present theological, historical, and cultural perspectives to help the reader best engage the selections. For individuals and groups, classrooms and seminars, this collection will generate dialogue between past and present, and between traditions familiar and unfamiliar. It is not merely a book on the Christian life but for the Christian life, making yesterday's witness to life with God a resource for the Church today.
Author : David Loewenstein,Janel M. Mueller
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521631564
Now available in paperback, this is the first full-scale history of early modern English literature in nearly a century. It offers new perspectives on English literature produced in Britain between the Reformation and the Restoration. While providing the general coverage and specific information expected of a major history, its twenty-six chapters address recent methodological and interpretive developments in English literary studies. The book has five sections: Modes and Means of Literary Production, Circulation, and Reception , The Tudor Era from the Reformation to Elizabeth I , The Era of Elizabeth and James VI , The Earlier Stuart Era , and The Civil War and Commonwealth Era . While England is the principal focus, literary production in Scotland, Ireland and Wales is treated, as are other subjects less frequently examined in previous histories, including women s writings and the literature of the English Reformation and Revolution. This innovatively-designed history is an essential resource for specialists and students.
Author : Richard Sibbes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1088086713
The Bruised Reed is a classic work of Puritan theology by Richard Sibbes, first published in 1630. We have updated this book into updated, modernized English for your enjoyment and spiritual growth. The Bruised Reed is a devotional work that focuses on the comfort and assurance of salvation that is found in Jesus Christ. Sibbes uses the metaphor of a bruised reed (from Isaiah 42:3) to illustrate the tenderness and mercy of God towards sinners. Sibbes argues that God will not break the bruised reed, but instead will heal and restore it. He also emphasizes the importance of faith in the believer's assurance of salvation. The book is divided into three parts, each of which focuses on a different aspect of the believer's assurance of salvation: The first part focuses on the assurance of salvation The second part focuses on the assurance of God's love The third part focuses on the assurance of God's grace This book is perfect for small groups, personal devotionals, and for those interested in reading more classical Puritan works. Chapter List Chapter 1: The Reed and the Bruising Chapter 2: Christ Will Not Break the Bruised Reed Chapter 3: The Smoking Flax Chapter 4: Christ Will Not Quench the Smoking Flax Chapter 5: The Spirit of Mercy Should Move Us Chapter 6: Marks of the Smoking Flax Chapter 7: Help for the Weak Chapter 8: Duties and Discouragements Chapter 9: Believe Christ, Not Satan Chapter 10: Quench Not the Spirit Chapter 11: Christ's Judgement and Victory Chapter 12: Christ's Wise Government Chapter 13: Grace Shall Reign Chapter 14: Means to Make Christ Victorious Chapter 15: Christ's Public Triumph Chapter 16: Through Conflict to Victory
Author : Kelly M. Kapic,Randall C. Gleason
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830827943
Notable scholars like Mark Noll and Sinclair Ferguson invite you to sit at the feet of classic Puritain writers to experience a living, three-dimensional portrait of the devoted life that emphasizes the Christian experience of communion with God, corporate revival, biblical preaching and the sanctifying working of God's Holy Spirit. Edited by Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason.
Author : Richard Sibbes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1951497104
Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), one of the most influential figures in the Puritan movement during the earlier years of the seventeenth century, was renowned for the rich quality of his ministry. The Bruised Reed is a book by Richard Sibbes that comforts the despondent and fearful Christian using the words of Matthew 12:20 (which quotes Isaiah), "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out." Many Christians have found this book to be remedy to doubt and burden. This exposition breaks down into three basic parts: (1) Christ will not break the bruised reed; (2) Christ will not quench the smoking flax; (3) Christ will not do either of these things until he has sent forth judgment into victory. Sibbes explains the main text under these three headings and then intersperses searching application throughout the book. In this book powerfully written book the Puritan preacher provides a tenderhearted, Christ-exalting exposition and application of Isaiah 42:1-3. Since its initial publication in 1630, The Bruised Reed has been a source of encouragement to people at every stage of their spiritual journey alike; regardless if you are searching for God, just starting a relationship with Him, striving in your relationship with God or surrendered to God and His will; this book can be helpful for you.
Author : Daniel W. Doerksen
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611493573
Little has been said about the relationship of Herbert's writings to those of Calvin, yet those writings were abundant and influential in Herbert's Church of England. Accordingly, Picturing Spiritual Conflicts studies Herbert's poetry in relation to those writings, particularly regarding the spiritual conflicts which the poet himself said would be found depicted in his book of poems. Mouch more than is generally realized, Calvin wrote about the experience of living the Christian life — which is also Herbert's subject in many of his poems.
Author : R. T. Kendall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527477
To this groundbreaking work, originally published by theÊOxford University Press in the 1980s, the author has added a new preface and two appendices, oneÊof which consists of extracts from Calvin's Commentaries. The author demonstrates that the English Puritans, who he calls experimental predestinarians, were followers of John Calvin's successor inÊGeneva, Theodore Beza, and not of Calvin himself. R. T. Kendall maintains that what became knownÊas English Calvinism was largely the thought of Beza, not Calvin. His book is an importantÊclarification of Calvin's position in relation to those who have been regarded as his followers.
Author : Gary North,Allen C. Guelzo,David H. Chilton,Richard Flinn,Rita Mancha,Edmuch S. Morgan,James B. Jordan,Gordon Geddes,Greg L. Bahnsen
Publisher : Chalcedon Foundation
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This volume is devoted to a study of the Puritans, the contributors survey the impact of Puritan sermons, thought, and law on society in general. There is little doubt today that the Puritan movement in England and the New World helped to reshape the basic institutions of the Anglo-Saxon world. In previous issues, we have surveyed the Puritan views concerning civil law, economics, science, and other kingdom institutions. Now we focus on those aspects of Puritan life that concerned the family, the institutional church, music, death, and Cromwell's Protectorate. Whatever politics you adopt, he says, should be liberal; whatever economics you adopt, of course, should be interventionist. Not impressed by biblical law. Dr. Lloyd-Jones falls back upon the conventional "unconventionality" of late-twentieth-century British politics—all in the name of liberal innovation. He ignores the fact that the dominion covenant was reestablished, after the Fall, with Noah. The Fall has now become an excuse for not doing anything to cure its effects. However, he said in his 1975 essay, "Looking at history it seems to me that one of the greatest dangers confronting the Christian is to become a political conservative, and an opponent of legitimate reform, and the legitimate rights of people" (p. 103). But if explicitly Christian reform is doomed, what kind of "legitimate reform" does he have in mind? Why, "Calvinist reform," meaning economic interventionism, since Arminianism supposedly leads to laissez-faire: "Arminianism over-stresses liberty. It produced the laissez-faire view of economics, and it always introduces inequalities—some people becoming enormously wealthy, and others languishing in poverty and destitution" (p. 106). Free enterprise creates inequality! If these conclusions seem preposterous to you, you will want to order the latest Journal of Christian Reconstruction, which contains my article showing how free enterprise economics came to the Puritan colonies iii the final years of the 17th century. You will want to read Gordon Geddes' essay on the Puritan view of death, Greg Bahnsen's defense of biblical law against Merideth Kline's attack, Rita Mancha's study of women in Calvinist thought, Richard Flinn's essay on the Puritan concept of the family, James Jordan's essay on Puritanism and music, and David Chilton's defense of Oliver Cromwell. "Puritanism and Society" will provide you with information which will enable you to decide whether Dr. Lloyd-Jones' assessment is correct, whether his view on 17th-century Puritanism's outlook is truly heretical. These three issues of The Journal have created considerable controversy. The idea that Puritanism was essentially a "package deal"—a comprehensive world-and-life outlook that affected all spheres of social life—has alienated numerous self-proclaimed neo-Puritans. This series has also driven another group to abandon the Puritan tradition, and to adopt a kind of neo-anabaptism to replace the older "theonomic" Puritan tradition. The "reprinting neo-Puritans" have faced a dual challenge: either adopt the theonomic tradition which was fundamental to the Puritan movement, or else abandon Puritanism's tradition in favor of new-anabaptism. Predictably, they wish to do neither. Yet to remain "betwixt and between" is to remain caught in a crossfire. The interesting product of this immobility has been a narrowing of focus: endless articles on the ("beneficial") emotionalism of Puritanism, and a stream of biographical articles, primarily dealing with the less well-known later preachers who have defended predestination, but who had little or no lasting influence on Western culture, and who were not explicitly Puritan in their outlook.
Author : Francis J. Bremer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199715183
Written by a leading expert on the Puritans, this brief, informative volume offers a wealth of background on this key religious movement. This book traces the shaping, triumph, and decline of the Puritan world, while also examining the role of religion in the shaping of American society and the role of the Puritan legacy in American history. Francis J. Bremer discusses the rise of Puritanism in the English Reformation, the struggle of the reformers to purge what they viewed as the corruptions of Roman Catholicism from the Elizabethan church, and the struggle with the Stuart monarchs that led to a brief Puritan triumph under Oliver Cromwell. It also examines the effort of Puritans who left England to establish a godly kingdom in America. Bremer examines puritan theology, views on family and community, their beliefs about the proper relationship between religion and public life, the limits of toleration, the balance between individual rights and one's obligation to others, and the extent to which public character should be shaped by private religious belief. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.