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
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
When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against… — 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
Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before. — John Owen Copy Share Image
There wanted not some beams of light to guide men in the exercise of their Stocastick faculty. — John Owen Copy Share Image
To kill sin is the work of living men; where men are dead (as all unbelievers, the best of them, are dead),… — John Owen Copy Share Image
To some men it is hard seeing a call of God through difficulties; when if it would but clothe itself with a… — 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
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
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
The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons… — 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… — 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
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
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
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
Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly. — John Owen Copy Share Image
Selfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth. — John Owen Copy Share Image
The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men. — 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
The natural man "cannot see or discern that divine excellency in the Scripture, without an apprehension whereof no man can believe it… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A natural man hath no such thing as free-will at all, if you take it for a power of doing that which… — John Owen Copy Share Image
I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and… — John Owen Copy Share Image
If a man teach uprightly and walk crookedly, more will fall down in the night of his life than he built in… — 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
To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god.… — 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
Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old… — John Owen Copy Share Image
For a man solemnly to undertake the interpretation of any portion of Scripture without invocation of God, to be taught and instructed… — John Owen Copy Share Image
And as men diversions increase from the world, so do their entanglements from Satan. When they have more to do in the… — John Owen Copy Share Image
No wonder if such persons look upon imputed righteousness as the shadow of a dream, who esteem those things which evidence its… — John Owen Copy Share Image
A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul. And he that doth not feed… — 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
