Keeping the Heart, John Flavel
Keeping the Heart, John Flavel
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Keeping the Heart
A Puritan's View of How to Maintain Your Love For God

Author: John Flavel

Narrator: John Flavel

Unabridged: 5 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2011

Synopsis

"To keep the heart then, is carefully to preserve it from sin which disorders it; and maintain that spiritual and gracious frame, which fits it for a life of communion with God." - John Flavel

About John Flavel

John Flavel (c. 1627–1691), an English Presbyterian clergyman, theologian, and author, was born at Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, England, the elder son of a minister. After receiving his early education partly at home and partly at the grammar schools of Bromsgrove and Haslar, he attended University College, Oxford. He served as a minister in various locales and also preached to followers privately in his home. He was a prolific writer, and his works are still being published today. His best-known works include Keeping the Heart, The Mystery of Providence, and The Fountain of Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by John

This book rocked my world. It showed me how distracted my heart is, and how prone I am to wander. Flavel shows how at the center of everything we do, is our heart. Not the bodily artery, but the seat of all our emotions, desires, affections, words and actions. We are commanded in Proverbs 4:23 to ke......more

Goodreads review by Owen

Rich, well-ordered, and deeply convicting. I enjoy the Puritans more and more with each book I read.......more

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