John Flavel (1627–1691) was a prolific author of the Presbyterian church. In the following quote he highlights the scope of Jesus’ greatness.
Christ [is] the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them. As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is congregation or meeting-place of all waters in the world: so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet. . . .
His excellencies are pure and unmixed; he is a sea of sweetness without one drop of gall.1
Footnotes:
John Flavel. The Method of Grace, from Sermon XII.
HT: Justin Taylor