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“Saints have their hands filled with work by their own hearts every day, sometimes to prevent sin, and sometimes to lament it; and always to watch and fear, to mortify and kill it.”

— John Flavel, The Fountain of Life Opened Up, Sermon XLI

“Away with shallow and low thoughts of Christ. Put away formal, careless, and irreverent attitudes in prayer, in listening, and even in how you speak about Him. Put away spiritual dullness and drowsiness in your duties—for you are dealing with a great King. The kings of the earth are nothing before Him. Even the angels cover their faces in His presence. He is an adorable Majesty.”

Such a powerful quote … it really cuts straight to the end goal of salvation … not just being saved from something, but brought to Someone.

“What is all this to me, if I may not see the face of God? Like Absalom with David, ‘If I may not see the king’s face, why have I even come?’”

— John Flavel, The Fountain of Life Opened Up, Sermon XXXIII

“If Christ will be our Advocate, we need not fear who are our accusers.”
— John Flavel, The Fountain of Life Opened Up, Sermon XXVII

Halfway done 🥳

“Reader, be convinced, that one act of faith in the Lord Jesus pleases God more than all the obedience, repentance, and strivings to obey the law, through thy whole life, can do.”
— John Flavel, The Fountain of Life Opened Up, Sermon XIV

"When you therefore pass through any of these trials, look to Jesus, and consider him."