Men think all things would be very glorious if they might be done according to their mind. Perhaps, indeed, they would-but with… — John Owen Copy Share Image
No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by… — John Owen Copy Share Image
We shall not benefit from reading the Old Testament unless we look for and meditate on the glory of Christ in its… — John Owen Copy Share Image
To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace. — John Owen Copy Share Image
The more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes. — John Owen Copy Share Image
A river continually fed by a living fountain may as soon end its streams before it come to the ocean, as a… — John Owen Copy Share Image
On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The stronghold of the contemplation of Christ's glory affords the soul rest, for it will be made evident that our troubles grow… — John Owen Copy Share Image
As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams;… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still… — John Owen Copy Share Image
We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The beauty of the person of Christ, as represented in the Scripture, consists in things invisible unto the eyes of flesh. They… — John Owen Copy Share Image
There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil showed Him… — 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
