Richard Sibbes on faith and hope
“Faith looks to the word promising, hope to the thing promised in the word; faith looks to the authority of the promise, hope especially to the goodness of the promise; faith looks upon things as present, hope as to come hereafter. God as the first truth, is that which faith relies on; but God as the chief good is that which hope rests on.”
(Richard Sibbes, The Soul's Conflict with Itself and Victory over Itself by Faith, in Works of Richard Sibbes, ed. Alexander B. Grosart (7 vols, Edinburgh, 1862-4, rept. Banner of Truth-, I:203)
posted by David @ 4:03 pm
2 Comments:
David!
Good to read your blog and keep up with how things are going with you :-) What wonderful pictures of city snowscenes :-) Wow! I missed out on that here in France... :-( (no earthquakes here either...).
I especially like the idea that you shake hands like a flamingo... now that merits some serious thought...
I'm heartily missing Cambridge International Cafe moments and random meals with rooms packed with people from around the world! Glad that things are still going (even the hot chocolate...)!
Hope to see you soon,
Ruth :-)
Hi David,
Richard Sibbes... what a man...! Hope you're enjoying reading his stuff as much as I did last year!
Will you be in Cambridge between 7 and 14 April? I'm hoping to stop by Cambridge so it'd be great to catch up!
Chin Hwa
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