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Guarda tu corazón: Lecciones sobre cómo mantener un corazón puro en todas las etapas de la vida [Updated and Annotated]
El corazón del hombre antes de que éste sea regenerado es su peor parte, y acaba siendo la mejor parte después. Es donde se asientan los principios, y la fuente de las acciones.
La mayor dificultad en la conversión es ganar el corazón para Dios. La mayor dificultad después de la conversión es guardar el corazón con Dios. En esta gran obra la dirección y la ayuda son el alcance del texto, donde exhortació Con toda diligencia guarda tu corazón.La razón o motivo que lo Porque de él brotan los manantiales de la vida.En la exhortación cuestión del deber.La forma de realizarlo.
Porque de él [el corazón] brotan los manantiales de la vida. En otras palabras, el corazón es la fuente de todas las operaciones vitales; es la fuente y origen tanto del bien como del mal, así como el resorte de un reloj pone en movimiento todos los engranajes. El corazón es el tesoro, la mano y la lengua no son más que los talleres de trabajo. El corazón concibe la idea, y los miembros porque de la abundancia del corazón habla su boca (Lucas 6:45).
Sobre el autor
John Flavel (c. 1628-1691) nació en una Inglaterra asolada por agitaciones políticas, sociales y religiosas. Dos guerras civiles y un liderazgo inestable enmarcaron el panorama político. Las dificultades económicas y el resurgimiento de la peste angustiaron aún más a la nación. La iglesia también estaba agitada. Flavel, pastor de una de las muchas iglesias independientes perseguidas por el gobierno, fue obligado a abandonar su iglesia en Dartmouth. En secreto y bajo presión, continuó predicando, escribiendo y pastoreando a su rebaño. Sufrió la muerte de tres de sus cuatro esposas y al menos un hijo. Continuó predicando hasta su repentina muerte en 1691.
La mayor dificultad en la conversión es ganar el corazón para Dios. La mayor dificultad después de la conversión es guardar el corazón con Dios. En esta gran obra la dirección y la ayuda son el alcance del texto, donde exhortació Con toda diligencia guarda tu corazón.La razón o motivo que lo Porque de él brotan los manantiales de la vida.En la exhortación cuestión del deber.La forma de realizarlo.
Porque de él [el corazón] brotan los manantiales de la vida. En otras palabras, el corazón es la fuente de todas las operaciones vitales; es la fuente y origen tanto del bien como del mal, así como el resorte de un reloj pone en movimiento todos los engranajes. El corazón es el tesoro, la mano y la lengua no son más que los talleres de trabajo. El corazón concibe la idea, y los miembros porque de la abundancia del corazón habla su boca (Lucas 6:45).
Sobre el autor
John Flavel (c. 1628-1691) nació en una Inglaterra asolada por agitaciones políticas, sociales y religiosas. Dos guerras civiles y un liderazgo inestable enmarcaron el panorama político. Las dificultades económicas y el resurgimiento de la peste angustiaron aún más a la nación. La iglesia también estaba agitada. Flavel, pastor de una de las muchas iglesias independientes perseguidas por el gobierno, fue obligado a abandonar su iglesia en Dartmouth. En secreto y bajo presión, continuó predicando, escribiendo y pastoreando a su rebaño. Sufrió la muerte de tres de sus cuatro esposas y al menos un hijo. Continuó predicando hasta su repentina muerte en 1691.
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John Flavel
351 books94 followers"John Flavel (c.1627–1691) was an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author.
Flavel, the eldest son of the Rev. Richard Flavel, described as 'a painful and eminent minister,' who was incumbent successively of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Hasler and Willersey, Gloucestershire (from which last living he was ejected in 1662), was born in or about 1627 at Bromsgrove.
Having received his early education at the schools of the neighbourhood, he entered University College, Oxford, at an early age, and gained a good reputation for talent and diligence.
On 27 April 1650, he was sent by 'the standing committee of Devon' to Diptford, a parish on the Avon, five miles from Totnes, where the minister, Mr. Walplate, had become infirm. On 17 October 1650, after examination and the preaching of a 'trial sermon,' he was ordained Mr. Walplate's assistant by the classis at Salisbury. He continued to minister at Diptford for about six years, succeeding the senior minister when he died, and endearing himself greatly to the people, not only by his earnestness, but by his easy dealings with them in the matter of tithes.
In 1656 he removed to Dartmouth, though the Diptford emoluments were much greater. On the passing of the Act of Uniformity (1662) he was ejected, but continued to preach in private until the Five Mile Act drove him from Dartmouth. He kept as near it, however, as possible, removing to Slapton, five miles off, and there preached twice each Sunday to all who came, among whom were many of his old parishioners. On the granting of the indulgence of 1671 he returned to Dartmouth, and continued to officiate there even after the liberty to do so was withdrawn. In the end he found himself obliged to remove to London, travelling by sea and narrowly escaping shipwreck in a storm, which is said to have ceased in answer to his prayers. Finding that he would be safer at Dartmouth he returned there, and met with his people nightly in his own house, until in 1687, on the relaxation of the penal laws, they built a meeting-house for him. Just before his death he acted as moderator at a meeting of dissenting ministers held at Topsham. He died suddenly of paralysis at Exeter on 26 June 1691, and was buried in Dartmouth churchyard. Wood bitterly comments on the violence of his dissent."
-- Wikipedia
Flavel, the eldest son of the Rev. Richard Flavel, described as 'a painful and eminent minister,' who was incumbent successively of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Hasler and Willersey, Gloucestershire (from which last living he was ejected in 1662), was born in or about 1627 at Bromsgrove.
Having received his early education at the schools of the neighbourhood, he entered University College, Oxford, at an early age, and gained a good reputation for talent and diligence.
On 27 April 1650, he was sent by 'the standing committee of Devon' to Diptford, a parish on the Avon, five miles from Totnes, where the minister, Mr. Walplate, had become infirm. On 17 October 1650, after examination and the preaching of a 'trial sermon,' he was ordained Mr. Walplate's assistant by the classis at Salisbury. He continued to minister at Diptford for about six years, succeeding the senior minister when he died, and endearing himself greatly to the people, not only by his earnestness, but by his easy dealings with them in the matter of tithes.
In 1656 he removed to Dartmouth, though the Diptford emoluments were much greater. On the passing of the Act of Uniformity (1662) he was ejected, but continued to preach in private until the Five Mile Act drove him from Dartmouth. He kept as near it, however, as possible, removing to Slapton, five miles off, and there preached twice each Sunday to all who came, among whom were many of his old parishioners. On the granting of the indulgence of 1671 he returned to Dartmouth, and continued to officiate there even after the liberty to do so was withdrawn. In the end he found himself obliged to remove to London, travelling by sea and narrowly escaping shipwreck in a storm, which is said to have ceased in answer to his prayers. Finding that he would be safer at Dartmouth he returned there, and met with his people nightly in his own house, until in 1687, on the relaxation of the penal laws, they built a meeting-house for him. Just before his death he acted as moderator at a meeting of dissenting ministers held at Topsham. He died suddenly of paralysis at Exeter on 26 June 1691, and was buried in Dartmouth churchyard. Wood bitterly comments on the violence of his dissent."
-- Wikipedia
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June 22, 2025
Lectura gloriosa para el cristiano verdadero
Autores que te confrontan dejándote al frente de la cruz. Este libro te afina como el corazón como el fuego al oro
Autores que te confrontan dejándote al frente de la cruz. Este libro te afina como el corazón como el fuego al oro
March 26, 2026
Me confronto bastante pero fue muy bueno haberlo leído.
Realmente resalta que importancia hay de guardar el corazón, no solo por qué la biblia lo dice si no por qué trae tanta bendición.
Realmente resalta que importancia hay de guardar el corazón, no solo por qué la biblia lo dice si no por qué trae tanta bendición.
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