"Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and……" — John Flavel

"Jesus, our head, is already in heaven; and if the head be above water, the body cannot drown."

— John Flavel

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81 Quotes by John Flavel

John Flavel has 81 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
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…
Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to…
Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but…
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…
Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your…
Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this…
If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the…
How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the…

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure… — Aristotle
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the… — M H Abrams
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa… — Chinua Achebe
Perception is reality. — Lee Atwater
I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do… — John James Audubon
Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All… — Saint Augustine

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