John Flavel
John Flavel
John Flavelwas an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
jesus heart done
The opening of your hearts to receive the Lord Jesus Christ is not a work done by any power of your own, but the arm of the Lord is revealed therein.
christian distance heart
Christian! thou knowest thou carriest gunpowder about thee. Desire them that carry fire to keep at a distance. It is a dangerous crisis when a proud heart meets with flattering lips.
evil people advancement
Sometimes God makes use of instruments for good to His people, who designed nothing but evil and mischief to them. Thus Joseph's brethren were instrumental to his advancement in that very thing in which they designed his ruin (Gen. 50:20).
secret credit duty
Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life.
looks world may
Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents of all the comforts of life, while in the meantime Providence has tenderly preserved you.
should distress
Whatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God.
jesus soul desire
Jesus Christ is in every way sufficient to the vast desires of the soul.
soul arms faithfulness
God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms.
envy sanctuary quiet
[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end" (Ps. 73:17). And not only their end, but his own duty, to be quiet in an afflicted condition and not envy their prosperity.
hands giving evil
When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.
letters hebrew providence
Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.
way scripture glory
Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith.
prayer self soul
No repentance, obedience, self-denial, prayers, tears, reformation or ordinances, without the new creation, avail any thing to the salvation of thy soul.
saint states stage
It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.