Not to Quench the Smoking Flax — Richard Sibbes

“Man for a little smoke will quench the light; Christ ever we see cherisheth even the least beginnings. How bare he with the many imperfections of his poor disciples. If he did sharply check them, it was in love, and that they might shine the brighter. Can we have a better pattern to follow than this of him by whom we hope to be saved?”

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Richard Sibbes, The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, Vol. 1