He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word — John Owen Copy Share Image
He, then, that would mortify any disquieting lust: let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The duties God requires of us are not in proportion to the strength we possess in ourselves. Rather, they are proportional to… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave… — John Owen Copy Share Image
God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever. — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. — John Owen Copy Share Image
