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> [Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go to God for safeguard, driven by outward storms, and there find unexpected fruit?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/did-you-never-run-for-shelter-in-a-storm-and-find-fruit-which-you/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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> [As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/as-rivers-the-nearer-they-come-to-the-ocean-whither-they-tend-the/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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## Other authors on Chastisement

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-thomas-watson-4209.jpg) Thomas Watson 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/thomas-watson/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-sibbes-78904.jpg) Richard Sibbes 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/richard-sibbes/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-whitefield-38071.jpg) George Whitefield 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/george-whitefield/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-gurnall-95456.jpg) William Gurnall 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/william-gurnall/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-adams-90212.jpg) Thomas Adams 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/thomas-adams/)

## More by John Owen

> [God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/god-hath-work-to-do-in-this-world-and-to-desert-it-because-of-its/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abide-in-temptation-let-this-be/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-least-grace-is-a-better-security-for-heaven-than-the-greatest/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-belief-of-the-scriptures-to-be-the-word-of-god-or-a-divine/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/how-can-we-possibly-believe-the-promises-concerning-heaven/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men-the-most-holy-and/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-will-not-judge-a-person-to-be-spiritually-dead-whom-i-have-judged/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/and-those-who-pretend-to-be-teachers-of-others-and-yet-despise-his/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/spiritual-wisdom-consists-in-finding-out-the-subtleties-policies-and/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-by-his-death-destroying-the-works-of-the-devil-procuring-the/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak-without-a-tongue-than-truly/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-s-blood-is-the-great-sovereign-remedy-for-sin-sick-souls/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-aims-always-at-the-utmost-every-time-it-rises-up-to-tempt-or/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably-sinful-and-full-of/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

> [He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/he-then-that-would-really-thoroughly-and-acceptably-mortify-any/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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