John Flavel Quotes

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• That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
• Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the…
• The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
• It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting…
• Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it;…
• Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it comes it will…
• If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
• Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest.
• Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do you think that…
• Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have…
• 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…
• How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to…
• If God has given you but a small portion of the world, yet if you are godly He has promised never to forsake you (Heb.…
• 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 passage…
• 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…
• Ah, did we but rightly understand what the demerit of sin is, we would rather admire the bounty of God than complain of the straithandedness…
• 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…
• When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in those acquisitions, thinking…
• Let us consider and marvel that ever this great and blessed God should be so much concerned, as you have heard He is in all…
• 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…

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