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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

Look to it, my dear friends, that none of you be found Christless at your appearance before him. Those that continue Christless now, will be left speechless then. God forbid that you that have heard so much of Christ, and you that have professed so much of Christ, should at last fall into a worse condition than those that never heard the name of Christ.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

The knowledge of Christ is profound and large. All other sciences are but shadows; this is a boundless, bottomless ocean. Though something of Christ be unfolded in one age, and something in another, yet eternity itself cannot full unfold him.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

We acknowledge no righteousness but what the obedience and satisfaction of Christ yields us. His blood, not our faith; his satisfaction, not our believing it, is the matter of our justification before God.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

Whatever be the ground of one’s distress, it should drive him to, not from God.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

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

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)

Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.

John Flavel (Minister, 1627 – 1691)