As among all the doctrines of the gospel, there is none opposed with more violence and subtlety than that concerning our regeneration… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Every time we say we believe in the Holy Spirit, we mean we believe that there is a living God able and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Clearly the Holy Spirit is not merely a quality to be found in the divine nature … He is a holy intelligent person.” — John Owen Copy Share Image
In or towards whomsoever the Holy Spirit puts forth His power, or acts his grace for their regeneration, he removes all obstacles,… — John Owen Copy Share Image
We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit is promised of God to be given to us, to do this work (of mortification). The taking away of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“When the Holy Spirit does his work of regeneration in the hearts of men he does not come on them with great… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The Holy Spirit is promised of God to be given to us, to do this work (of mortification). The taking away of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
When the Holy Spirit sanctifies believers, he does a complete work in them. He puts into their minds, wills and hearts a… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Not to be daily employing the Spirit and new nature for the mortifying of sin is to neglect that excellent succor which… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Whereas we see by experience that all who have or enjoy the Scripture do not yet understand it, or come to an… — 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. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation, as David did before he fell asleep. God hath a work… — John Owen Copy Share
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 how can we be trusted when we say we believe these promises but make no effort to experience them ourselves? It is just here that men deceive themselves. It is not that they do not want… — John Owen Copy Share
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
