All John Flavel Quotes
- Surely if He would not spare His own Son one stroke, one tear, one groan, one sigh, one circumstance of misery, it can never be… All
- Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us. Blood
- Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us. Christ
- I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and golden… Benefit
- 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… Carry
- Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul. Bounds
- 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… Any
- O my soul, I am now addressing myself to the greatest work that ever a creature was employed about - I am going into the… Addressing
- It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one. Better
- Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life. Credit
- It is a common thing for men to benumb their own arms, and make them as dead and useless by leaning too much upon them:… All
- Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves. Brethren
- 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… Christian
- Where there is no want, there is usually much wantonness. Inspirational
- Faith, considered as a habit, is no more precious than other gracious habits are: but considered as an instrument to receive Christ and His righteousness… All
- There are three acts of faith: assent, acceptance and assurance. Acceptance
- Faith is the bond of union, the instrument of justification, the spring of spiritual peace and joy, the means of spiritual peace and subsistence. Bond
- See that you receive Christ with all your heart. As there is nothing in Christ that may be refused, so there is nothing in you… Acceptance
- You are not to come Christ because you are qualified, but that you may be qualified with whatever you want; and the best qualification you… All
- No friend sympathizes so tenderly with his friend in affliction as does Jesus. In all our afflictions, He afflicted. He feels all our sorrows, wants… Afflicted