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The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax. with Intr. Essay by A. Beith
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204 pages, Hardcover
Published October 17, 2018
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May 29, 2025
The only reason this isn’t five stars is because it’s so difficult to read. I wouldn’t allow authors of modern books to get away with incessant use of semicolons or insanely long groups of comma clauses, and I won’t let Sibbes get away with it. That’s especially true because there are other authors from his era who are much easier to understand.
Compounding that is the fact that Sibbes is not presenting any complex theology here. More than anything, this is a book meant to encourage the Christian. Are you feeling dejected because of your sin? Good, because that means Jesus is at work in you. Do you feel the weight of the evil world in your soul? Good, because that means you’re of Christ’s mind. Do you feel discouraged because the Church looks like it’s in a rough place? Don’t worry because Jesus will be victorious.
That’s really all he says in this book, and it’s wonderful. It’s just that the language is really tough. I think CS Lewis says in his Studies on Words that the English language of the Shakespearean era was formally incomplete; when you read a book like this, you feel that.
Nonetheless, this is still a lovely read for anyone who calls him or herself a Christian.
Compounding that is the fact that Sibbes is not presenting any complex theology here. More than anything, this is a book meant to encourage the Christian. Are you feeling dejected because of your sin? Good, because that means Jesus is at work in you. Do you feel the weight of the evil world in your soul? Good, because that means you’re of Christ’s mind. Do you feel discouraged because the Church looks like it’s in a rough place? Don’t worry because Jesus will be victorious.
That’s really all he says in this book, and it’s wonderful. It’s just that the language is really tough. I think CS Lewis says in his Studies on Words that the English language of the Shakespearean era was formally incomplete; when you read a book like this, you feel that.
Nonetheless, this is still a lovely read for anyone who calls him or herself a Christian.
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