All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. — John Owen Copy Share Image
Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Let, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will… — John Owen Copy Share Image
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
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
“A man may beat down the bitter fruit from an evil tree until he is weary; while the root abides in strength… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, might it have its own course, it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.… — 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
