Wonderful book. Well worth reading. Sibbes writes in a warm, pastoral manner. This book shows how Gods law, while good, is unable to teach and powerless to lead into a holy life. The gospel is different. Christ comes alongside us as a friend and by looking to him we are enabled to walk a new and holy life. Little by little the Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth .... Not just doctrine, but by a changed heart we are transformed into the image of Christ. A wonderful book, full of hope and encouragement for the weary.
On a technical note, the old English is a little hard to understand initially, but comes easier as you read. The warm content of the book far outweighs the challenges of the archaic English.
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Glorious Freedom
A renowned Puritan shows the transforming liberty which comes from seeing Christ in the gospel. This is an exposition of 2 Corinthians 3:17-18.
The original title of this study was The Excellency of the Gospel above the Law. In it Sibbes described the fuller self-revelation of God in the coming of Christ and its greater effect in those who behold that glory by the Spirit. The vitality of the new covenant results in spiritual liberty and likeness to Christ.
Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye supervised the first edition of this work which was first published in 1639, four years after Sibbes’ death. They described it as showing ‘the liberty of the sons of God… the image of their graces here and glory hereafter’ and as providing ‘much comfort and great encouragement to all (who) begin timely and continue constantly in the ways of God’.
The text of the original treatise is reproduced here with the minimum of editing.
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| Pages | 138 | 184 | 184 |
| Topic | Spiritual Growth, Encouragement, Salvation, Assurance | Christian Living, Spiritual Growth | Spiritual Growth, Encouragement, Jesus Christ |
| Series | Puritan Paperbacks | Puritan Paperbacks | Puritan Paperbacks |
| Original Pub Date | 1630 | 1654 | 1684 |
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Richard Sibbes was born at Tostock, Suffolk, in 1577 and went to school in Bury St Edmunds. His father at first intended that Richard should follow his own trade as a wheelwright, but the boy s 'strong inclination to his books, and well-profiting therein' led to his going up to St John's College, Cambridge in 1595. He was converted around 1602-3 through the ministry of Paul Bayne, the successor of William Perkins in Great St Andrew's Church.
After earning his B.D. in 1610, Sibbes was appointed a lecturer at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge. Later, he was chosen to be the preacher at Gray's Inn, London, and he remained there until 1626. In that year he returned to Cambridge as Master of St Catherine's Hall, and later to Holy Trinity, this time as its vicar. He was granted a Doctorate in Divinity in 1627, and was thereafter often referred to as 'the heavenly Doctor Sibbes'. He continued to exercise his ministry at Gray's Inn and Holy Trinity until his death on 6 July 1635 at the age of 58.
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