The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, D.D., Master of Catharine Hall, Cambridge; Preacher of Gray's Inn, London, Vol. 3 Containing a Commentary on the First Chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Complete Works of Richard Sibbes, D.D., Master of Catharine Hall, Cambridge; Preacher of Gray's Inn, London, Vol. 3: Containing a Commentary on the First Chapter of the Second Epistle to the Corinthians Let it not stumble thee that the work is posthume, * and cometh out so long after the author's death. It were to he wished that those who excel in public gifts would, during life, publish their own labours, to prevent spurious obtrusions upon the world, and to give them their last hand and polishment, as the apostle Peter was careful to write before his decease, ' 2 Pet. I. 12 - 14. But usually the church's treasure is most increased by legacies. As Elijah let fall his mantle when he was taken up into heaven, so God's eminent servants, when their persons could no longer remain in the world, have left behind them some worthy pieces as a monument of their graces and zeal for the public welfare. Whether it be out of a mo dest sense of their own endeavours, as being loath upon choice, or of their own accord to venture abroad into the world, or whether it be that being occupied and taken up with other labours, or whether it be in a conformity to Christ, who would not leave his Spirit till his departure, or whether it be out of an hope that their works would find a more kindly reception after their death, the living being more liable to envy and reproach (but when the author is in heaven the work is more esteemed upon earth), whether for this or that cause, usually it is, that not only the life, but the death of God's servants hath been profitable to his church, by that means many use ful treatises being freed from the privacy and obscureness to which, by modesty of the author, they were formerly confined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.