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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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 (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

They that know God will be humble. They that know themselves cannot be proud.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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 (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)