# “The preaching of John Flavel” by Joel Beeke

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- Published: 2025-11-07T20:30:00-06:00
- Author: tollelege

“The Holy Spirit richly blessed Flavel’s preaching.

Robert Murray M’Cheyne (1813-1843) tells of an American immigrant, Luke Short, who
remembered listening to Flavel preach in England when he was fifteen years old. 
The text was:

> ‘_If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha_‘ (**
> 1 Cor. 16:22**).

Eighty-five years after hearing Flavel preach on the horror of dying under God’s
curse, the Spirit of God effectually converted Short at the age of one hundred as
he meditated on that sermon!”

–Joel Beeke, Randall Pederson, and Fraser Jones, [“John Flavel, (1630-1691),” _Meet the Puritans: A Guide to their Lives and Books, 2nd Edition_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNNC4TXJ?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage, 2006, 2025), 366.

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