The Mystery of Providence
John Flavel
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do had you been left to your own option.”
“There is not a greater discovery of pride in the world than in the contests of our wills with the will of God.”
“Two things destroy the peace and tranquility of our lives; our bewailing past disappointments, or fearing future ones.”
“One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.”
“There is more in one of their mercies to comfort them, than in all their troubles to deject them. All your losses are but as the loss of a farthing to a prince,”
“The strength of our unmortified corruption shows itself in our pride and the swelling vanity of our hearts when we have a name and esteem among men. When we are applauded and honoured, when we are admired for any gift or excellence that is in us, this draws forth the pride of the heart and shows the vanity that is in it.”
“The providences of God may be observed to conduce to our holiness, not only by preventing sin, that we may not fall into it; but also by purging our sins when we are fallen into them. ‘By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin’ (Isaiah 27:9).”
“That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.”
“It is a good sign that our troubles are sanctified to us when they turn our hearts against sin, and not against God.”
“Every man loves the mercies of God, but a saint loves the God of his mercies. The mercies of God, as they are the fuel of a wicked man's lusts, so they are fuel to maintain a good man's love to God; not that their love to God is grounded upon these external benefits.”
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