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John Flavel (1627-1691) was a prominent English author and theologian, whose works hold a significant place in Puritan literature. He is best known for his book 'The Mystery of Providence,' which explores the role of God in human life.

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“It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there is a wise Spirit sitting in all the wheels of motion, and governing the most eccentric creatures and their most pernicious designs to blessed and happy issues.”

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Book:The Mystery of Providence

Source: The Mystery of Providence

“What a mercy was it to us to have parents that prayed for us before they had us, as well as in our infancy when we could not pray for ourselves!”

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Book:The Mystery of Providence

Source: The Mystery of Providence

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

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Author:John Flavel

“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.”

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Book:The Fountain of Life Opened, Or, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory: Containing 42 Sermons on Various Texts ...

Source: The Fountain of Life Opened, Or, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory: Containing 42 Sermons on Various Texts ...

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

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Book:Fountain of Life: 1671

Source: Fountain of Life: 1671

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

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Book:The Fountain of Life Opened; Or, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory. 1671

Source: The Fountain of Life Opened; Or, A Display of Christ in His Essential and Mediatorial Glory. 1671