Life
John Flavel was born at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and was educated at home and the University of Oxford. Ordained as a Presbyterian in 1650, though later a Congregationalist, he lived in Diptford (in Devon) and Dartmouth. As a nonconformist; he was ejected result of the Great Ejection of 1662. He moved the required 5 miles to Slapton and returned to Dartmouth to preach secretly under great personal risk. After the Declaration of Indulgence 1687, he became a minister of a Nonconformist Church there. He died at Exeter, Devonshire, on 26 June 1691. Flavel is commemorated in the name of Flavel Road on Bromsgrove's Charford Estate.
He was a prolific and popular author. Among his works are A Saint Indeed (1668) (aka Keeping the Heart), The Mystery of Providence (1678), Husbandry Spiritualised (1669) and Navigation Spiritualised (1677), titles which suggest some of his characteristics as a writer.
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