John Flavel
John Flavel
John Flavelwas an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
bows corn foot god grow head heaven himself humble lower nearly people ripe sinners
When the corn is nearly ripe it bows the head and stoops lower than when it was green. When the people of God are near ripe for heaven, they grow more humble and self-denying...Paul had one foot in heaven when he called himself the chiefest of all sinners and least of saints.
parent praying mercy
What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves!
law justified christ
The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated.
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.
jesus doctrine christ
No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
christian strong men
The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and God too little.
christian humble men
To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world.
jesus water heaven
Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head be above water, the body cannot drown.
christian humble proud
They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.
christian heart moon
The heart of a Christian, like the moon, commonly suffers an eclipse when it is at the full, and that by the interposition of the earth.
prayer eye order
Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified in our eyes thereby.
prayer wind comfort
That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
spiritual heart sin
To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits it for a life of communion with God.
grace affliction holiness
The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.