Dulness & Coldness in our Hearts

It should shame us ... when we find dulness and coldness upon us, that we can hear of anything better than Christ; and arguments concerning Christ are cold to us. Alas! Where is our love, and joy, and delight; and when we can make no better but a carnal use of the incarnation and other benefits by Christ! We should therefore desire God to shed the love of Christ into our hearts more and more, that we may feel in our souls the love that he bears to us, and may love God and Christ again, for that that he had done for us. S2

S2. A Description of Christ, Volume 1, The Works of Richard Sibbes, Richard Sibbes, Banner of Truth Trust, 2001 (Originally published 1862-64), p 14.