Publisher: Banner of Truth ISBN: 9780851517407 Item #: 6385

Binding: Paperback Chapters: 16 Page Count: 138

By Richard Sibbes. 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. This collection of sermons shows why he was known among his contemporaries as the "sweet dropper."
Since its first publication in 1630, The Bruised Reed has been remarkably fruitful as a source of spiritual help and comfort. Richard Baxter records:
A poor pedlar came to the door ... and my father bought of him Sibb's Bruised Reed ... It suited my state ... and gave me a livelier apprehension of the mystery of redemption and how much I was beholden to Jesus Christ ... Without any means but books was God pleased to resolve me to himself.

Such testimonies could be multiplied. Speaking of the preacher's need to suit his reading to the varying conditions he finds within, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones says in his Preaching and Preachers:

You will find, I think, in general that the Puritans are almost invariably helpful ... I shall never cease to be grateful to one of them called Richard Sibbes who was balm to my soul at a period in my life when I was overworked and badly overtired, and therefore subject in an unusual manner to the onslaughts of the devil. In that state and condition ... what you need is some gentle, tender treatment for your soul. I found at that time that Richard Sibbes, who was known in London in the early seventeenth century as 'the heavenly Doctor Sibbes', was an unfailing remedy. The Bruised Reed... quietened, soothed, comforted, encouraged and healed me.

Publication Date: 2008