In the arrogance of his own imagination, man is a great and mighty tree. The man who considers himself as God considers him undergoes a 'bruising.' Puritan theologian Richard Sibbes uncovers what it means to be a 'bruised reed' in this 17th century text, a passionate expression of Christian faith.
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There is no better introduction to the Puritans than the writings of Richard Sibbes, who is, in many ways, a typical Puritan. `Sibbes never wastes the student's time,' `he scatters pearls and diamonds with both hands.' (C. H. Spurgeon) Richard Sibbes was known in London in the early 17th century as "the Heavenly Doctor Sibbes." He is known as a Biblical exegete, and as a representative, with William Perkins and John Preston, of what has been called "main-line" Puritanism. He was the author of several devotional works expressing intense religious feeling — The Saint's Cordial (1629), The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax (1631, exegesis of Isaiah 42:3), The Soules Conflict (1635), etc. A volume of sermons appeared in 1630, dedicated to Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury and his wife Lady Mare. Most of the other works were first published by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye, after Sibbes died. The content belied the mainly moderate and conforming attitudes for which Sibbes was known in his lifetime. Beames of Divine Light, A Description of Christ in Three Sermons and Bowels Opened appeared in 1639, as did The Returning Backslider, sermons on the Book of Hosea. A complete edition was published 1862-4 in Edinburgh, in seven volumes, by James Nichol, with a biographical memoir by Alexander Grosart. His works were much read in New England. Thomas Hooker, prominent there from 1633, was directly influenced by Sibbes, and his "espousal theology", using marriage as a religious metaphor, draws on The Bruised Reed and Bowels Opened. The poet George Herbert was a contemporary, and there are suggestions on parallels. Where Herbert speaks in The Church Militant about the westward movement of the propagation of the gospel, Christopher Hill comments that this may have come from The Bruised Reed.[ Other examples have been proposed by Doerksen. Sibbes was cited by the Methodist John Wesley. The Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon studied his craft in Sibbes, Perkins and Thomas Manton. The evangelical Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote in the highest terms of his own encounter with the work of Sibbes.
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This book is one of the best Christian books I've read, and definitely one of the easiest Puritan books to start out on. A group of Christians from the 1600s, the Puritans were thorough theologians but put great emphasis on application to the Christian life. This edition has all the benefits of Puritan literature without any of the drawbacks, being immensely helpful for your personal walk with Jesus without the Ye Olde English language (the Thous have been changed to Yous, the sentence structure has been made more clear etc. without being an all our paraphrase)
The book itself is an exposition on Isaiah 42:3. Sibbes has two audiences in mind those who are downhearted in their faith and those who are dealing with the downhearted. He reminds both groups that Jesus does not crush the bruised reed, but cares for it. Moreover, he will "faithfully bring forth justice" which he explains is the kingdom of God in our hearts. He tells us that we all suffer and fall back into sin, but that Jesus will care for us and establish his rule in our hearts despite our weaknesses.
This book had a profound impact on the lives of the great men Richard Baxter and Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones. If you are worried by the strength of your faith in comparison to others and are lacking assurance of salvation this book will help you by pointing you not to something in your life, but to the greatness of Jesus and his ability to keep you faithful to the end.
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The book itself is an exposition on Isaiah 42:3. Sibbes has two audiences in mind those who are downhearted in their faith and those who are dealing with the downhearted. He reminds both groups that Jesus does not crush the bruised reed, but cares for it. Moreover, he will "faithfully bring forth justice" which he explains is the kingdom of God in our hearts. He tells us that we all suffer and fall back into sin, but that Jesus will care for us and establish his rule in our hearts despite our weaknesses.
This book had a profound impact on the lives of the great men Richard Baxter and Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones. If you are worried by the strength of your faith in comparison to others and are lacking assurance of salvation this book will help you by pointing you not to something in your life, but to the greatness of Jesus and his ability to keep you faithful to the end.
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This book is a wonderful encouragement for those Christians who find themselves continually as 'Bruised Reeds', swayed by circumstances without and surging emotions within.
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Another reviewer has given the standard Reformed evangelical view of this title. But although I would definitely describe myself as both evangelical and reformed (in theology, although I happen to belong to a Lutheran church), I have to say that I cannot wholly agree. I have just finished reading Sibbes' "Bruised Reed" from the Banner of Truth edition of Sibbes' Works (Vol. 1), and a number of points remain fresh in my mind:
1. Reading literature from the 1630s is, even with modernised spelling, a task which I still find almost as difficult as reading Shakespeare. Words have changed their meanings, which is okay, because one can learn English vocabulary as well as a foreign language, but when sentence and thought structure is so different from today's mindset, reading becomes a dry task indeed, an intellectual challenge that tends to divert from the spiritual message which the Puritan author was intending to convey.
2. This book is a transcription of a series of sermons held by Richard Sibbes at some time during the 1620s. Now in those days, people had a great deal more free time, i.e. they didn't have computers or television nor a lot of our other present-day diversions. A sermon was expected to fulfil functions that today are unthinkable, such as entertainment! Therefore Sibbes and the like preached for hours, often on a single verse. What they had to say was often correct, but for a modern Christian much of this is totally unnecessary. It would have been possible to express Sibbes' meaning in this book in much shorter space and in a much more memorable way.
3. The Puritans, and not least Sibbes, were, for all their "sweet dropping" (Sibbes is known not only as the "heavenly" Sibbes but as the "sweet dropper"), decidedly introspective.... Read more ›
1. Reading literature from the 1630s is, even with modernised spelling, a task which I still find almost as difficult as reading Shakespeare. Words have changed their meanings, which is okay, because one can learn English vocabulary as well as a foreign language, but when sentence and thought structure is so different from today's mindset, reading becomes a dry task indeed, an intellectual challenge that tends to divert from the spiritual message which the Puritan author was intending to convey.
2. This book is a transcription of a series of sermons held by Richard Sibbes at some time during the 1620s. Now in those days, people had a great deal more free time, i.e. they didn't have computers or television nor a lot of our other present-day diversions. A sermon was expected to fulfil functions that today are unthinkable, such as entertainment! Therefore Sibbes and the like preached for hours, often on a single verse. What they had to say was often correct, but for a modern Christian much of this is totally unnecessary. It would have been possible to express Sibbes' meaning in this book in much shorter space and in a much more memorable way.
3. The Puritans, and not least Sibbes, were, for all their "sweet dropping" (Sibbes is known not only as the "heavenly" Sibbes but as the "sweet dropper"), decidedly introspective.... Read more ›
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