Puritan Reading Challenge

Chew on this...

"Men must not be too curious in prying into the weaknesses of others. We should labour rather to see what they have that is for eternity, to incline our heart to love them, than into that weakness which the Spirit of God will in time consume, to estrange us. Some think it strength of grace to endure nothing in the weaker, whereas the strongest are readiest to bear with the infirmities of the weak." The Bruised Reed by Richard Sibbes

I love that quote. I think of how often in my own house we are so quick to point out each others faults.

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Puritan Reading Challenge

My first day of reading was well blessed this morning. Enjoy a couple of the pearls that I found...

In regards to Christ's Calling...

• "In this we may see the sweet love of God to us, in that he counts the work of our salvation by Christ his greatest service, and in that he will put his only beloved Son to that service." Oh that I may feel the "sweet love of God"
  
• "See here, for our comfort, a sweet agreement of all three persons: the Father gives a commission to Christ, the Spirit furnishes and sanctifies to it, and Christ himself executes the office of a Mediator. Our redemption is founded on the joint agreement of all three persons of the Trinity."

In regard to The Good Effects of Bruising...

• "Our hearts, like criminals, until they be beaten from all evasions, never cry for the mercy of the judge." Wow! Read that again.
• "After conversion we need bruising so that reeds no themselves to be reeds, and not oaks. Even reeds need bruising, by reason of the remainder of pride in our nature, and to let us see that we live by mercy" That ugly pride again.

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Puritan Reading Challenge

I first seen this challenge on Jennifer's site and thought "oh there is no way I could read that stuff it would be way over my head".
But it just kept come back to me as something I should at least try. So I am doing just that. I am going to give it a try. We will see how my black and white, engineering, mathematical mind does at comprehending it all.

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