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Pithy gems from John Flavel! LISTEN to Audio!
约翰·弗拉维尔的精辟警句！ 听音频！
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The soul is of more value than ten thousand worlds!
灵魂的价值胜过万千世界！
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Whatever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it. So that we find the readiest course to be rid of our comforts, is to set our hearts inordinately upon them!
无论我们过分爱恋、崇拜或依赖什么，上帝都会不时地打破它，让我们看到它的虚妄。因此，我们发现摆脱安慰的最快方法，就是过分地将我们的心放在它们身上！
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Brethren, it is easier to declaim against a thousand sins of others, than to mortify one sin in ourselves!
弟兄们，谴责他人的千种罪过，比mortify（克制）我们自己的一种罪过容易得多！
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Those who know God, will be humble.
Those who know themselves, cannot be proud.
认识上帝的人会谦卑。
认识自己的人不会骄傲。
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Affliction is a bitter pill, which, being wrapped up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed. But discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.
苦难是一粒苦药，用耐心和安静的顺服包裹起来，就能轻易吞下。但不满会咀嚼这粒药，从而使灵魂变得痛苦。
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When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.
当上帝给你安慰时，不观察其中祂的手笔是你的大错。
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Jesus Christ is in every way sufficient to the vast desires of the soul!
耶稣基督在各方面都足以满足灵魂的巨大渴望！
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The Christian shall gain that which he cannot lose, by parting with that which he cannot keep.
基督徒将通过放弃无法保留的东西，获得无法失去的东西。
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Jesus is the fountain, ocean, and center of all delights and joys!
耶稣是一切喜悦和欢乐的泉源、海洋和中心！
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Out of Christ’s condemnation, flows our justification.
Out of His agony, comes our victory.
Out of His pain, comes our ease.
Out of His stripes, comes our healing.
Out of His gall and vinegar, comes our honey.
Out of His curse, comes our blessing.
Out of His crown of thorns, comes our crown of glory.
Out of His death, comes our life.
O what a melting consideration is this!
从基督的定罪中，流出我们的称义。
从祂的痛苦中，来我们的胜利。
从祂的疼痛中，来我们的安逸。
从祂的鞭伤中，来我们的医治。
从祂的苦胆和醋中，来我们的蜜糖。
从祂的诅咒中，来我们的祝福。
从祂的荆棘冠冕中，来我们的荣耀冠冕。
从祂的死亡中，来我们的生命。
啊，这是何等令人感动的思考！
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Christ is not sweet, until sin is made bitter to us!
基督不会甜美，直到罪对我们变得苦涩！
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If God should damn you to all eternity, your eternal sufferings could not satisfy for the evil that is in one vain thought! O the depth of the evil of sin!
如果上帝将你永远定罪，你的永恒苦难也无法满足一个虚妄思想中的邪恶！啊，罪恶的深度！