Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .
John FlavelOne word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.
John FlavelChrist's resurrection is the ground-work of our hope. And the new birth is our title or evidence of our interest in it.
John Flavel