"There is a state of perfect peace with……" — John Owen
"There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience."
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176 Quotes by John Owen
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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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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find…
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained…
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The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons…
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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Nothing adventured, nothing attained
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether…
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Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.
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For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and…
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When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the…
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