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# The Bruised Reed
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2008122the-bruised-reed-html/
- Published: 2008-01-22T12:39:56.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:09.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Books, #DashHouseCom, #wp

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“Sibbes never wastes the student’s time,” wrote 19th century preacher C.H. Spurgeon, “he scatters pearls and diamonds with both hands.” [*The Bruised Reed*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0851517404/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com), written by Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) in 1630, lives up to Spurgeon’s words. I can tell a lot about a book by how many pages I’ve dog-eared. In this 128-page book, I found it hard to go more than a few pages without marking a page for future reference.

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