It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their… — 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
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The love of God is like himself – equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves –… — John Owen Copy Share Image
When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be… — John Owen Copy Share Image
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good… — John Owen Copy Share Image
It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are… — 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
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
In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Assurance encourateth us in our combat; it delivers us not from it. We may have peace with God when we have done… — John Owen Copy Share Image
For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A true saving knowledge of sin is to be had only in the Lord Christ: in him may we see the desert… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Christ is our best friend, and ere long will be our only friend. I pray God with all my heart that I… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin. — John Owen Copy Share Image
Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions. — 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 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
All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life… — 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
