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Where there is no want, there is usually much wantonness. — John Flavel

Christ bounds and terminates the vast desires of the soul; He is the very Sabbath of the soul. — John Flavel

As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low. — John Flavel

Guilt is to danger, what fire is to gunpowder; a man need not fear to walk among many barrels of powder, if he have no fire about him. — John Flavel

A cross without a Christ never did any man good. — John Flavel

O happy providences, however smart, that make the soul for ever afraid of sin! — John Flavel

The Providence of God is like Hebrew words - it can be read only backwards. — John Flavel

They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud. — John Flavel

Oh sirs, deal with sin as sin, and speak of heaven and hell as they are, and not as if you were in jest. — John Flavel

If I yield to thy temptation, I must either feel the pangs of conscience, or the flames of hell. — John Flavel

A hot iron, though blunt, will pierce sooner than a cold one, though sharper. — John Flavel

He feels all our sorrows, needs, and burdens as his own. That is why it is said that the sufferings of believers are called the sufferings of Christ. — John Flavel

If time be a ring of gold, opportunity is the rich diamond that gives it both its value and glory. — John Flavel

Observed duties maintain our credit; but secret duties maintain our life. — John Flavel

The Lord shall do all for thee, and thou shalt do nothing, but be the Sabbath of Christ. — John Flavel

The opening of your hearts to receive the Lord Jesus Christ is not a work done by any power of your own, but the arm of the Lord is revealed therein. — John Flavel

Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us. — John Flavel

God's unspotted faithfulness never failed any soul that durst trust himself in its arms. — John Flavel

We are not distinguished from brutes by our senses, but by our understanding. — John Flavel

The less fear a person has, the more happiness he has - unless, of course, it is that fear which is his happiness and excellence. — John Flavel

Regeneration expresses those supernatural, divine, new qualities imparted by the Spirit to the soul, which are the principle of all holy action. — John Flavel

It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one. — John Flavel

Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards. — John Flavel

One morsel of God's provision, especially when it comes in unexpectedly, and upon prayer, when wants are most, will be more sweet — John Flavel

What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves! — John Flavel

For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding. — John Flavel

A bad heart and a slippery memory deprive men of the comfort of many mercies, and defraud God of the glory due for them. — John Flavel

That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort. — John Flavel

Scripture knows no other way to glory, but Christ put on and applied by faith. — John Flavel

One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul. — John Flavel

Christ's resurrection is the ground-work of our hope. And the new birth is our title or evidence of our interest in it. — John Flavel

What, at Peace with the Father, and at War with the (His) Children! It cannot be. — John Flavel

Two things destroy the peace and tranquility of our lives; our bewailing past disappointments, or fearing future ones. — John Flavel

There is not a greater discovery of pride in the world than in the contests of our wills with the will of God. — John Flavel

No doctrine is more excellent, or necessary to be preached and studied, than Jesus Christ, and him crucified. — John Flavel

Christ is so in love with holiness, that at the price of His blood He will buy it for us. — John Flavel

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. — John Flavel

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. — 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. — John Flavel

Jesus Christ is in every way sufficient to the vast desires of the soul. — John Flavel

The more afflictions you have been under, the more assistance you have had for this life of holiness. — John Flavel

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

The Scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying. — John Flavel

most men rather need the spur, than the reins — John Flavel

Whatever be the ground of one's distress, it should drive him to, not from God. — John Flavel

The soul of the poorest child is of equal dignity with the soul of Adam. — John Flavel

My soul is of more value than ten thousand worlds. — John Flavel

It is a good sign that our troubles are sanctified to us when they turn our hearts against sin, and not against God. — John Flavel

The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated. — John Flavel

He is bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, a garment to the naked, healing to the wounded; and whatever a soul can desire is found in Him. — John Flavel

When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them. — John Flavel

To see a man humble under prosperity is one of the greatest rarities in the world. — John Flavel

It is my ignorance of God's design that makes me quarrel with him. — John Flavel

There is no sin in complaining to God, but much wickedness in complaining of him. — John Flavel

Sin had so shut up mercy from us, that had not Christ made an atonement by his death, we should never have obtained it to all eternity. — John Flavel

Oh, study your hearts, watch your hearts, keep your hearts — John Flavel

Christ comes with kingly power, to rescue sinners, as a prey from the mouth of the terrible one. — John Flavel

Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves. — John Flavel

The Lord's supper is memorative, and so it has the nature and use of a pledge or token of love, left by a dying to a dear surviving friend. — John Flavel

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. — John Flavel