It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, w…

Richard Sibbes
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It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin. ✨ Richard Sibbes (2015). Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set), p.51, Titus Books
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It is good to divert our sorrow for other things to the root of all, which is sin. Let our grief run most in that channel, that as sin bred grief, so grief may consume sin. ✨ Richard Sibbes (2015). Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set), p.51, Titus Books

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