"The carnal person fears man, not God. The……" — John Flavel
"The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and God too little."
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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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How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the…
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More Carnal Quotes
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For truth is precious and divine, too rich a pearl for carnal swine.
— Samuel Butler
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become…
— Thomas Aquinas
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When the saint ceases to seek after holiness, purity, righteousness, truth; when he ceases to pray, stops reading the Word…
— Smith Wigglesworth
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The tenets of [the Christian life] seem paradoxes to carnal men; as first, that a Christian is the only freeman,…
— Richard Sibbes
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Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.
— Yi-Fu Tuan
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Naturally, men are prone to spin themselves a web of opinions out of their own brain, and to have a…
— Richard Baxter
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I have lived a carnal life. My view of life is 'If you're going to miss Heaven, why miss it…
— Sam Kinison
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God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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It is not the distance of the earth from the sun, nor the sun's withdrawing itself, that makes a dark…
— John Owen
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Many girls want to be carnal with me because I'm such a premium dancer.
— Eugene Hutz
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The genuine music lover may accept the carnal husk of opera to get at the kernel of actual music within,…
— H. L. Mencken
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The work of art is born of the intelligence's refusal to reason the concrete. It marks the triumph of the…
— Albert Camus
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