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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/look-around-in-the-world-and-you-may-see-some-in-every-place-who-are/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

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## More by John Flavel

> [No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/no-doctrine-is-more-excellent-or-necessary-to-be-preached-and-studied/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/one-word-of-god-can-do-more-than-ten-thousand-words-of-men-to-relieve/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/it-is-better-to-be-as-low-as-hell-with-a-promise-than-in-paradise/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Christ comes with kingly power, to rescue sinners, as a prey from the mouth of the terrible one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/christ-comes-with-kingly-power-to-rescue-sinners-as-a-prey-from-the/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Regeneration expresses those supernatural, divine, new qualities imparted by the Spirit to the soul, which are the principle of all holy action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/regeneration-expresses-those-supernatural-divine-new-qualities/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [All the tears of a penitent sinner, should he shed as many as there have been fallen drops of rain since the creation, cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/all-the-tears-of-a-penitent-sinner-should-he-shed-as-many-as-there/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [The Lord's supper is memorative, and so it has the nature and use of a pledge or token of love, left by a dying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/the-lord-s-supper-is-memorative-and-so-it-has-the-nature-and-use-of-a/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/you-may-look-upon-some-providences-once-and-again-and-see-little-or/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [There is no grace more excellent than faith; no sin more execrable and abominable then unbelief. Faith is the saving grace and unbelief the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/there-is-no-grace-more-excellent-than-faith-no-sin-more-execrable-and/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [ All the dark, intricate, puzzling providences at which we were sometimes so offended...we shall \[one day\] see to be to us, as the difficult… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/all-the-dark-intricate-puzzling-providences-at-which-we-were/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/to-keep-the-heart-then-is-carefully-to-preserve-it-from-sin-which/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Lord, here is my body; I am very grateful for it; I neglected nothing that belonged to its contents and welfare; but as for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/lord-here-is-my-body-i-am-very-grateful-for-it-i-neglected-nothing/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/some-providences-like-hebrew-letters-must-be-read-backwards/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Whatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/whatever-be-the-ground-of-one-s-distress-it-should-drive-him-to-not/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

> [Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flavel/brethren-it-is-easier-to-declaim-against-a-thousand-sins-of-others/)

[John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flavel/)

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