Quick Facts About John Flavel
- Born
- January 1, 1627
- Died
- June 26, 1691
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Profession
- Theologian
- Notable works
- A token for mourners, or, The advice of Christ to a distressed mother, bewailing the death of her dear and only son: Wherein the boundaries of sorrow are duly fixed, excesses restrained, the common pleas answered, and divers rules for the support of God's afflicted ones prescribed.
![“Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .” quote by John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/john-flavel-4295_christ_christ-is-the-very-essence-of-all-deligh_1440135.jpg)
![“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 through the wilderness was to Israel, "the right way to the city of habitation".” quote by John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/john-flavel-4295_christian_all-the-dark-intricate-puzzling-providen_333825.jpg)
![“[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end" (Ps. 73:17). And not only their end, but his own duty, to be quiet in an afflicted condition and not…” quote by John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/john-flavel-4295_christian_providences-often-puzzle-and-entangle-ou_1351706.jpg)
