The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7 Ian Murray (iii) to quote what other

(iii) to quote what other ‘approved writers’ had said on particular passages

the already and the not yet

and the Church’s decay and corruptions– The wound and the cure are therein so fully opened out: self is exposed

which was published as part of ‘Matthew’s Bible’ in the year following his martyrdom

’ said our author

The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7 Ian Murray (iii) to quote what otherMore than anything else, Richard Sibbes was a great preacher. He never lost sight of the fact that the best Christian counselling is done through the patient and enlivening exposition of the Word of God. Sibbes excelled as a comforter of the troubled and doubting, but he also possessed the rare gift of illuminating every passage of Scripture he handled by drawing out its significance for his hearers and readers. The republication of the Nichol edition