John Flavel (c.1627–1691) was an English Presbyterian clergyman, puritan, and author.
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““Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. Bribery and corruption are common. Children no longer obey their parents. . . . The end of the world is evidently approaching.” Sound familiar? It is, in fact, the lament of a scribe in one of the earliest inscriptions to be unearthed in Mesopotamia, where Western civilization was born.”
—C. John Sommerville (20th century)
“Man’s extremity is God’s opportunity.”
—John Flavel (1630–1691)