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The Bruised Reed

by Richard Sibbes · 1620

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In this famous exposition of Isaiah 42:3, Sibbes unfolds the tender ministry of Jesus Christ, who is 'a physician good at all diseases, especially at the binding up of the broken heart'.

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adult
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short · 134 pages

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