That blessed communion which is between Christ and believers is reciprocal in nature; we do not only partake of what is his, but he partakes of what is ours. He hath fellowship with us in all our wants, sorrows, miseries and afflictions; and we have communion […]
The humility and lowliness of Christ is propounded by himself as a pattern for his people’s imitation. Matthew 11:29: “Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly.” He could abase and empty himself of all his glory (Phil 2:5-7). He could stoop to the meanest […]
When the corn is near ripe, it bows the head, and stoops lower than when it was green. When the people of God are near ripe for heaven, they grow more humble and self-denying, than in the days of their first profession. The longer a saint […]
I know there is nothing in the Word, or in the works of God that is repugnant to sound reason. But there are some things in both, which are opposite to carnal reason; as well as above right reason. Therefore our reason never shows itself more […]
As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the congregation or meeting place of all the waters in the world, so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. The Whole Works of the Reverend John Flavel, 2:215. John […]