"[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but……" — John Flavel
"[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 envy their prosperity."
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John Flavel
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81 Quotes by John Flavel
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That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.
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Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid…
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The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness.
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there…
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Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to…
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Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but…
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If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory.
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Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if…
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Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your…
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Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this…
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If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the…
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
— Aeschylus
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never…
— Victor Hugo
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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The only difference between an artist and a lunatic is, perhaps, that the artist has the restraint or courtesy to…
— Osbert Sitwell
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
— Tryon Edwards
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The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets…
— Simone Weil
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The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drained away.…
— Sun Tzu
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And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend.
— John Milton
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Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees…
— Joseph Hall
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have…
— Julian of Norwich
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Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you…
— Maxim Gorky
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