John Flavel
John Flavel
John Flavelwas an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
heart men understanding
Let us see that our knowledge of Christ be not a powerless, barren, unpractical knowledge: O that, in its passage from our understanding to our lips, it might powerfully melt, sweeten, and ravish our hearts! Remember, brethren, a holy calling never saved any man, without a holy heart; if our tongues only be sanctified, our whole man must be damned. We must be judged by the same gospel, and stand at the same bar, and be sentenced to the same terms, and dealt with as severely as any other men.
believe blood yield
We acknowledge no righteousness but what the obedience and satisfaction of Christ yields us. His blood, not our faith; his satisfaction, not our believing it, is the matter of our justification before God.
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.
heaven sin speak
Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.
kings clouds looks
You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon them, and you will see their increasing glory, like that increasing cloud (1 Kings 18:44).
men soul thousand
One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.
hebrew providence backwards
The Providence of God is like Hebrew words-it can be read only backwards.
jesus water heaven
Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head be above water, the body cannot drown.
blood holiness christ
Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us.
mean thinking soul
We must not think that faith itself is the soul's rest; it is only the means of it. We cannot find rest in any work or duty of our own, but we may find it in Christ, whom faith apprehends for justification and salvation.
love family weed
If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if you will not teach them to pray, he will to curse, swear, and lie; if ground be uncultivated, weeds will spring.
life suffering dying
The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying.
spiritual jesus blood
As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life; and until he quicken us and infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith, to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.
christian humble men
To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.