John Flavel
John Flavel
John Flavelwas an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
soul spirit christ
That soul is dead to which the Spirit of Christ is not given in the work of regeneration; and all its works are dead works.
distance soul christ
Creatures, like pictures, are fairest at a certain distance, but it is not so with Christ; the nearer the soul approaches Him, and the longer it lives in the enjoyhment of Him, still the sweeter and more desirable He becomes.
mouths christ rescue
Christ comes with kingly power, to rescue sinners, as a prey from the mouth of the terrible one.
christian blessing past
Wrath to come implies both the futurity and perpetuity of this wrath.... Yea, it is not only certainly future, but when it comes it will be abiding wrath, or wrath still coming. When millions of years and ages are past and gone, this will still be wrath to come. Ever coming as a river ever flowing.
christian heart blessing
Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it; so that we find the readiest course to be rid of our comforts is to set our hearts inordinately upon them.
christian children war
What, at Peace with the Father, and at War with the (His) Children! It cannot be.
soul desire christ
Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul.
heaven saving christ
A saving, though an immethodical knowledge of Christ, will bring us to heaven, John 17: 2, but a regular and methodical, as well as a saving knowledge of him, will bring heaven into us, Col. 2: 2, 3.
christian thinking lovely
I think it is not very difficult to discern by the duties and converses of Christians, what frames their spirits are under. Take a Christian in a good frame, and how serious, heavenly, and profitable, will his converses and duties be! what a lovely companion is he during the continuance of it!
men world christ
Let all Arminians know: we have as high an esteem for faith as any men in the world, but yet we will not rob Christ to clothe faith.
christian heart moon
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 earth.
christian humble proud
They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.
christian distance heart
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 proud heart meets with flattering lips.
firsts spirit christ
The Spirit must therefore first take hold of us before we can live in Christ, and when he doth so, then we are enabled to exert that vital act of faith, whereby we receive Christ.