The Mystery of Providence
by John Flavel
John Flavel's classic meditation on Psalm 57:2, 'God that performeth all things for me.' It teaches believers to observe, trust, and record God's providential dealings through every stage of life, arguing that reflection on past providences fuels present faith and future hope.
Based on The Mystery of Providence (1678), by John Flavel
Puritan quotes
Quotes by John Flavel
“That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort.”
“Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the hue and make them white.”
“When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of such a mercy.”
“One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.”
“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.”
“Two things destroy the peace and tranquility of our lives; our bewailing past disappointments, or fearing future ones.”
“There is not a greater discovery of pride in the world than in the contests of our wills with the will of God.”
“Every man loves the mercies of God, but a saint loves the God of his mercies.”
“It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straits, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.”
“Providence neither does nor can do any thing that is really against the true interest and good of the saints.”
