A volume of sermons appeared in 1630, dedicated to Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury and his wife Lady Mare. Most of the other works were first published by Thomas Goodwin and Philip Nye, after Sibbes died. The content belied the mainly moderate and conforming attitudes for which Sibbes was known in his lifetime. "Beames of Divine Light", "A Description of Christ in Three Sermons" and "Bowels Opened" appeared in 1639, as did "The Returning Backslider", sermons on the "Book of Hosea".