John Owen

The seed of every sin is in every heart.

— John Owen

If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.

— John Owen

There is no true gospel fruit without faith and repentance.

— John Owen

Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.

— John Owen

When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone.

— John Owen

I did not hear what I should have listened to.

— John Owen

It is truth alone that capacitates any soul to glorify God.

— John Owen

Christ so loves his people that he sings with joy over them.

— John Owen

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because…

— John Owen

The gospel shall be victorious. This greatly comforts and refreshes me.

— John Owen

Free will is "corrupted nature's deformed darling, the Pallas or beloved self-conception of darkened minds"

— John Owen

A true saving knowledge of sin is to be had only in the Lord Christ: in him may we see the desert…

— John Owen

Christ greatly delights in his people and they greatly delight in him

— John Owen

God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does…

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No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by…

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Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.

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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

Ignorance of God and of ourselves is the great principle and cause of all our disquietments; and, this ariseth mostly not from…

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If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so!…

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Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin.

— John Owen

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

To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are…

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“But the Spirit was not limited to doing surprising and extraordinary things. He was present in the Old Testament period in giving…

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There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God’s sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our…

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On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the…

— John Owen

Though we are commanded to 'wash ourselves', to 'cleanse ourselves from sins', to 'purge ourselves from all our iniquities', yet to imagine…

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...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that…

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The purpose of our holy and righteous God was to save his church, but their sin could not go unpunished. It was,…

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The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his…

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All that may be known of God for our salvation, especially his wisdom, love, goodness, grace and mercy on which the life…

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There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God,…

— John Owen

There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while…

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“When a man fighteth against his sin only with arguments from the issue or the punishment due unto it, this is a…

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“Any peace, rest and quiet we have is from this alone. Who would be safe if wicked men had power to perform…

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“It is he who makes the dams and shuts the flood-gates of corrupted nature so that it cannot break forth in a…

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“But this internal testimony of the Spirit is by others explained quite in another way; for they say that besides the work…

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Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm…

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How can we possibly believe the promises concerning Heaven, immortality, and glory, when we do not believe the promises concerning our present…

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Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages…

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“And this work of the Spirit carrieth its own evidence in itself, producing an assurance above all human judgment, and such as…

— John Owen