# “A greater spring of mercy” by Richard Sibbes

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“It is the mercy of all mercies to have our sins forgiven, to have them covered,
buried, and done quite away.

Here the trembling soul may object: ‘But I am a daily sinner, I sin again and again,
how then shall I be sure to be still forgiven?’

To this the Lord answereth, as it is in the original, in the present number, ‘passing
by iniquity,’ (**Micah 7:18-20**) arguing a constant, continual act in God of forgiving.

He is more ready, saith He, to forgive than you to sin.

As there is a continual spring of wickedness in you, so there is a greater spring
of mercy in God.”

–Richard Sibbes, “**[The Matchless Mercy](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513980?tag=toletaupanre-20),**”**_
[The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513980?tag=toletaupanre-20)_**(
ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart; Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1638/2001), 7: 156-
157.

[⌊The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7⌉⌊The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 7⌉[

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