“I will not break myself by despair” by Richard Sibbes

“Christ will not ‘break the bruised reed.’ (Isaiah 42:3) Consider His very name Jesus, a Saviour, given him by God Himself.

Consider His office answerable to His name, which is that he should ‘heal the broken-hearted,’ (Isaiah 61:1).

At His baptism the Holy Ghost rested on Him in the shape of a dove, to show that He should be a dove-like, gentle Mediator.

Never fear to go to God, since we have such a Mediator with Him, that is not only our friend, but our brother and husband.

If Christ be so merciful as not to break me, I will not break myself by despair.”

–Richard Sibbes, “The Bruised Reed,” The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 1 (ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1639/2001), 1: 45-46.