--- title: "28 May Quotes By John Owen" description: "28 May quotes by John Owen. Plus more from John Owen and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/john-owen-1415_body_leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-togethe_561666.png" --- > [Leanness of body and soul may go together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-together/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/john-owen-1415_body_leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-togethe_561666.png) > [Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-christ-that-there-may-be-no/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png) > [When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-alone/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-owen-1415_lets_when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-al_502506.png) > [In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade, and deeps where the elephant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/in-the-divine-scriptures-there-are-shallows-and-there-are-deeps/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b1/john-owen-1415_divine_in-the-divine-scriptures-there-are-shall_1872695.png) > [Assurance encourateth us in our combat; it delivers us not from it. We may have peace with God when we have done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/assurance-encourateth-us-in-our-combat-it-delivers-us-not-from-it-we/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/john-owen-1415_assault_assurance-encourateth-us-in-our-combat-i_1959660.png) > [Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/temptation-is-like-a-knife-that-may-either-cut-the-meat-or-the-throat/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/john-owen-1415_destruction_temptation-is-like-a-knife-that-may-eith_200365.png) > [A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak-without-a-tongue-than-truly/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/john-owen-1415_easier_a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak_111560.png) > [A true saving knowledge of sin is to be had only in the Lord Christ: in him may we see the desert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-true-saving-knowledge-of-sin-is-to-be-had-only-in-the-lord-christ/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f63/john-owen-1415_christ_a-true-saving-knowledge-of-sin-is-to-be_2396618.png) > [Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/only-what-god-has-commanded-in-his-word-should-be-regarded-as-binding/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/john-owen-1415_action_only-what-god-has-commanded-in-his-word_2515851.png) > [A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-be-carried-on-in-a-constant-course-of-mortification-all-his/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/john-owen-1415_consolation_a-man-may-be-carried-on-in-a-constant-co_1358805.png) > [It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men-the-most-holy-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/john-owen-1415_best-of-me_it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men_65908.png) > [It is the Spirit alone that can mortify sin; he is promised to do it, and all other means without him are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-is-the-spirit-alone-that-can-mortify-sin-he-is-promised-to-do-it/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/john-owen-1415_easier_it-is-the-spirit-alone-that-can-mortify_1487718.jpg) > [A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-minister-may-fill-his-pews-his-communion-roll-the-mouths-of-the/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/036/john-owen-1415_almighty_a-minister-may-fill-his-pews-his-communi_3175671.png) > [Christ is our best friend, and ere long will be our only friend. I pray God with all my heart that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-is-our-best-friend-and-ere-long-will-be-our-only-friend-i-pray/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/john-owen-1415_best-friend_christ-is-our-best-friend-and-ere-long-w_2409313.png) > [If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-i-have-observed-anything-by-experience-it-is-this-a-man-may-take/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cd/john-owen-1415_christ_if-i-have-observed-anything-by-experienc_1743863.png) > [We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/we-are-taught-in-an-especial-manner-to-pray-that-god-would-give-his/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d1/john-owen-1415_aids_we-are-taught-in-an-especial-manner-to-p_2577811.png) > [The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-remaining-in-our-mortal-bodies/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39a/john-owen-1415_believer_the-mortification-of-indwelling-sin-rema_2597512.jpg) > [The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-house-built-on-the-sand-may-oftentimes-be-built-higher-have-more/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/john-owen-1415_equal_the-house-built-on-the-sand-may-oftentim_661124.png) > [I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-have-known-some-good-men-who-have-been-so-addicted-to-their-study/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/john-owen-1415_ability_i-have-known-some-good-men-who-have-been_801665.png) > [Some relate . . . that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/some-relate-that-the-eagle-tries-the-eyes-of-her-young-by-turning/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/john-owen-1415_christ_some-relate-that-the-eagle-tries-the-eye_211592.png) > [Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-also-carries-on-its-war-by-entangling-the-affections-and-drawing/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/040/john-owen-1415_affection_sin-also-carries-on-its-war-by-entanglin_500465.png) > [A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-preacheth-that-sermon-only-well-unto-others-which-preacheth/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/john-owen-1415_digestion_a-man-preacheth-that-sermon-only-well-un_2924157.jpg) > [There is only one way to be revived and healed from our backslidings so that we may become fruitful even in old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/there-is-only-one-way-to-be-revived-and-healed-from-our-backslidings/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/john-owen-1415_age_there-is-only-one-way-to-be-revived-and_2794073.png) > [For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/for-to-pretend-that-men-may-live-habitually-sinful-lives-without-any/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/john-owen-1415_christian_for-to-pretend-that-men-may-live-habitua_2364521.png) > [A river continually fed by a living fountain may as soon end its streams before it come to the ocean, as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-river-continually-fed-by-a-living-fountain-may-as-soon-end-its/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/909/john-owen-1415_courses_a-river-continually-fed-by-a-living-foun_1554741.png) > [All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/all-that-may-be-known-of-god-for-our-salvation-especially-his-wisdom/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b58/john-owen-1415_believer_all-that-may-be-known-of-god-for-our-sal_2655746.png) > [When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-alone-but-as-sin-is-never-less/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/656/john-owen-1415_all-time_when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-al_423425.png) > [The love of God is like himself – equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves –…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-love-of-god-is-like-himself-equal-constant-not-capable-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/john-owen-1415_capable_the-love-of-god-is-like-himself-equal-co_322967.png) ## Other authors on May ## More by John Owen > [God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/god-hath-work-to-do-in-this-world-and-to-desert-it-because-of-its/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily intercession: "God, preserve my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/if-we-do-not-abide-in-prayer-we-will-abide-in-temptation-let-this-be/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/the-least-grace-is-a-better-security-for-heaven-than-the-greatest/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“Our belief of the Scriptures to be the word of God, or a divine revelation, and our understanding of the mind and will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/our-belief-of-the-scriptures-to-be-the-word-of-god-or-a-divine/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present life? And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/how-can-we-possibly-believe-the-promises-concerning-heaven/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/it-must-be-observed-that-the-best-of-men-the-most-holy-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-will-not-judge-a-person-to-be-spiritually-dead-whom-i-have-judged/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [“And those who pretend to be teachers of others, and yet despise his teaching assistance, will one day find that they undertook a work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/and-those-who-pretend-to-be-teachers-of-others-and-yet-despise-his/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/spiritual-wisdom-consists-in-finding-out-the-subtleties-policies-and/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-by-his-death-destroying-the-works-of-the-devil-procuring-the/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/a-man-may-easier-see-without-eyes-speak-without-a-tongue-than-truly/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Christ's blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/christ-s-blood-is-the-great-sovereign-remedy-for-sin-sick-souls/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Sin aims always at the utmost; every time it rises up to tempt or entice, if it has its own way it will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/sin-aims-always-at-the-utmost-every-time-it-rises-up-to-tempt-or/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [Never was sin seen to be more abominably sinful and full of provocation than when the burden of it was upon the shoulders of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/never-was-sin-seen-to-be-more-abominably-sinful-and-full-of/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) > [He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/he-then-that-would-really-thoroughly-and-acceptably-mortify-any/) [John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/may/john-owen/#itemlist", "name": "28 May Quotes By John Owen", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Leanness of body and soul may go together.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-together/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/john-owen-1415_body_leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-togethe_561666.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/john-owen-1415_body_leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-togethe_561666.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a8/john-owen-1415_body_leanness-of-body-and-soul-may-go-togethe_561666.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Leanness of body and soul may go together.” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-christ-that-there-may-be-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/john-owen-1415_affection_fill-your-affections-with-the-cross-of-c_2515654.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fill your affections with the cross of Christ that there may be no room for sin.” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Owen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-alone/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-owen-1415_lets_when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-al_502506.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-owen-1415_lets_when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-al_502506.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/john-owen-1415_lets_when-sin-lets-us-alone-we-may-let-sin-al_502506.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone.” — John Owen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the divine Scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; 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