Keeping the Heart by John Flavel

Keeping the Heart by John Flavel

An unabridged printing selected from the 1813 republication by Nathaniel Willis to include, but not limited to: Duties Included In Keeping The Heart - Reasons Why This Should Be The Great Business Life - Keeping The Heart In The Time Of Prosperity, Adversity, Zion's Troubles, Danger And Public Distraction, Outward Wants, Season Of Duty, When We Receive Injuries And Abuses From Men, Meet With Great Trials, In The Hour Of Temptation, Doubting And Spiritual Darkness, Sufferings For Religion Are Laid Upon Us, When Sickness Warns That Death Is Near - Hypocrites And Formal Professors - Ten Motives By Way Of Inducement

After the 'Great Ejection' of 1662, Flavel, an English Puritan, became a nonconformist. He wasn't allowed to preach for another ten years, and only in his own home. In the nineteenth century, his writings were compiled into six volumes. The practical nature of Flavel's writings is well-known. He was a driving force behind the so-called Happy Union of Presbyterians and Congregationalists.