An Honest, Well Experienced Heart: The Piety of John Flavel (Profiles in Reformed Spirituality) Gracie King She wasn’t what he asked

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An Honest, Well Experienced Heart: The Piety of John Flavel (Profiles in Reformed Spirituality) Gracie King She wasn’t what he askedAn Honest, Well Experienced Heart introduces us to the life and writings of Puritan preacher and author John Flavel (16271691). In his brief, introductory biography, Adam Embry discusses Flavels background, ministry, and theology of keeping the heart, which, for Flavel, is the great business of a Christians life. Centuries ago, Flavel wrote, Above all other studies in the world, study your own hearts. Embry guides us through forty two short passages