On page 31 of The Mystery of Providence, Flavel makes reference to “images [being] pulled down in Holland”. What is this a reference to? In 1566 a group of Reformers were moved by zeal to pull down every image of… Continue Reading
On page 30 of Flavel’s Mystery of Providence we encounter the names of Polycarp and Dionysius the Areopagite. We are told that the fire would not touch them. A longer account is given of Polycarp’s martyrdom by John Foxe in… Continue Reading
If you are reading the Mystery of Providence you perhaps came across an unfamiliar name. On page 34 Flavel says, “A spider, by weaving her web over the mouth of an oven, shall hide a servant of Christ, Du Moulin,… Continue Reading
I will begin posting on John Flavel’s The Mystery of Providence on Friday. Currently, I am also reading The Method of Grace in our pastor’s study. To keep you busy until Friday Timmy Brister has given us an introduction to… Continue Reading