116 Quotes by John Flavel

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

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

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

We must not think that faith itself is the soul's rest; it is only the means of it. We cannot find rest in any work or duty of our own, but we may find it in Christ, whom faith apprehends for justification and salvation.

If you neglect to instruct children in the way of holiness, will the devil neglect to instruct them in the way of wickedness? No; if you will not teach them to pray, he will to curse, swear, and lie; if ground be uncultivated, weeds will spring.

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

As the blood of Christ is the fountain of all merit, so the Spirit of Christ is the fountain of all spiritual life; and until he quicken us and infuse the principle of the divine life into our souls, we can put forth no hand, or vital act of faith, to lay hold upon Jesus Christ.

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

Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.