When we go to God by prayer, the devil knows we go to fetch strength against him, and therefore he opposes us all he can.
Richard SibbesWe cannot say this or that trouble shall not befall, yet we may, by help of the Spirit, say, nothing that doth befall shall make me do that which is unworthy of a Christian.
Richard SibbesThe life of a Christian should be a meditation how to unloose his affection from inferior things. He will easily die that is dead before in affection.
Richard SibbesWhat is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from being a judge, becomes our Father, pardoning our sins and accepting our obedience, though feeble and blemished? We are now brought to heaven under the covenant of grace by a way of love and mercy.
Richard Sibbes