Richard Sibbes (1577–1635) was an English pastor and theologian. A leading Puritan, he influenced George Herbert, John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon.
In his book Preachers and Preaching, Martyn Lloyd-Jones noted, “I shall never cease to be grateful to 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… I found at that time that Richard Sibbes… was an unfailing remedy. His books The Bruised Reed and The Soul’s Conflict quietened, soothed, comforted, encouraged, and healed me.”
His complete 7-volume works contain the following books:
Volume 1
The Description of Christ
The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax
The Sword of the Wicked
The Soul’s Conflict With Itself, and Victory Over Itself By Faith
The Saint’s Safety in Evil Times
The Saint’s Safety in Evil Times: Manifested by St Paul, From His Experience of God’s Goodness in Greatest Distresses
Christ is Best (or, St. Paul’s Strait)
Christ’s Sufferings for Man’s Sin
The Church’s Visitation
Volume 2
Bowels Opened
The Spouse, Her Earnest Desire After Christ
A Breathing After God
The Returning Backslider
The Marriage Feast Between Christ and His Church
Volume 3
A Commentary on the First Chapter of the Second Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
Volume 4
A Christian’s Portion (or, The Christian’s Charter)
The Spiritual Man’s Aim
The Right Receiving
Judgement’s Reason
Yea and Amen (or, Precious Promises Laid Open Out of 2 Cor. I. 10-23)
A Glance of Heaven (or, A Precious Taste of a Glorious Feast)
The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law
Exposition of 2 Corinthians Chapter IV
The Church’s Riches
Volume 5
The Christian Work
Of the Providence of God
An Exposition of the Third Chapter of the Epistle of St Paul to the Philippians
The Redemption of Bodies
The Art of Contentment
The Power of Christ’s Resurrection
The Hidden Life
The Spiritual Jubilee
The Privileges of the Faithful
The Christian’s End
Christ’s Exaltation Purchased by Humiliation
The Life of Faith
Salvation Applied
A Fountain Sealed
The Fountain Opened; Or, the Mystery of Godliness Revealed
Volume 6
The Faithful Covenanter
Josiah’s Reformation
The Spiritual Favourite at the Throne of Grace
The Successful Seeker
A Rescue From Death, With a Return of Praise
The Saint’s Comforts: An Exposition Upon Psalm CXXX
The Church’s Complaint and Confidence
God’s Inquisition
The Rich Poverty; or, the Poor Man’s Riches
Spiritual Mourning
Violence Victorious
Angels’ Acclamations
The Fruitful Labour for Eternal Food
The Matchless Love and Inbeing
A Heavenly Conference
King David’s Epitaph
Lydia’s Conversion
The Bridegroom’s Promises, and the Bride’s Prayer
Volume 7
Balaam’s Wish
The Unprosperous Builder
The Vanity of the Creature
Discouragement’s Recovery
The Saint’s Happiness
David’s Conclusion; or the Saint’s Resolution
The Church’s Blackness
Miracle of Miracles
The Touchstone of Regeneration
The Discreet Ploughman
The Matchless Mercy
The Sun of Righteousness
Divine Meditations and Holy Contemplations
The Knot of Prayer Loosed
The Rich Pearl
Sin’s Antidote
The Success of the Gospel
Mary’s Choice
The Christian’s Watch
The Coming of Christ
The General Resurrection
Sibbes’s Last Two Sermons; From Christ’s Last Sermon
The Saint’s Privilege
The Witness of Salvation
Saint Paul’s Challenge
The Dead Man
The Danger of Backsliding
Faith Triumphant
The Ruin of Mystical Jericho
The Demand of a Good Conscience
A Glimpse of Glory
The Pattern of Purity
The Beast’s Dominion Over Earthly Kings
The Church’s Echo
