# “Wonderful sweetness of pity and love” by Richard Sibbes

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- Published: 2022-03-10T12:00:02-06:00
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“God hath laid up all grace and comfort in Christ for us, and planted a wonderful
sweetness of pity and love in His heart towards us.

As God His Father hath fitted Him with a body, (**Heb. 10:5**), so He hath fitted
Him with a heart to be a merciful Redeemer.”

–Richard Sibbes, “[The Bruised Reed](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513980?tag=toletaupanre-20),”_
[The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 1](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513980?tag=toletaupanre-20)_(
ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1639/2001), 1: 38.

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