"It being our duty to mortify... we must……" — John Owen
"It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the other ceases living, does but half his work."
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176 Quotes by John Owen
John Owen has 176 quotes on this site.
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He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
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A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on…
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation. Let this be one aspect of our daily…
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If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world:…
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We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.
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Labour to grow better under all your afflictions, lest your afflictions grow worse, lest God mingle them with more darkness,…
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The Scripture abounds in commands and cautions for our utmost diligence in our search and inquiry as to whether we…
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We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really…
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Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go…
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As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed…
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If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and…
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Our great Pattern hath showed us what our deportment ought to be in all suggestions and temptations. When the devil…
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