Mortification from a self-strength, carried on by ways of self-invention, unto the end of a self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world. John Owen More Quotes by John Owen More Quotes From John Owen When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone. John Owen mortification sin may There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God, and then of themselves - of God, in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority; of ourselves, in our mean, abject, and sinful condition. John Owen greatness humble mean A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit. John Owen eye may men Free will is "corrupted nature's deformed darling, the Pallas or beloved self-conception of darkened minds" John Owen beloved self mind Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures. John Owen sin acting lost We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death. Our times are in His hand, at His sovereign disposal. We must accept that as best. John Owen yield hands world He who finds not opposition from sin, and who sets not himself in every particular to its mortification, is at peace with it, not dying to it. John Owen opposition sin dying When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet, and its waters are for the most part deep when they are still, so ought our contrivances against it to be vigorous at all times and in all conditions, even where there is least suspicion. John Owen may quiet water Temptation gains power where we see it prevail in others we know and we express neither shock or hatred of them and their ways nor pity and prayer for their deliverance. John Owen hatred temptation prayer To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel! John Owen safety angel men He that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what He wills He works. John Owen work-out able christianity That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. John Owen god-is-love folly teach The stronghold of the contemplation of Christ's glory affords the soul rest, for it will be made evident that our troubles grow on the root of an over-valuation of temporal things. The mind is its own greatest troubler. John Owen soul roots mind We are taught in an especial manner to pray that God would give his Holy Spirit unto us, that through his aid and assistance we may live unto God in that holy obedience which he requires at our hands. John Owen may giving hands Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill sin in this way takes no steps toward his journey's end. John Owen journey men thinking To kill sin is the work of living men; where men are dead (as all unbelievers, the best of them, are dead), sin is alive, and will live. John Owen alive sin men When the heart is once won to rest in God, to repose himself on him, he will assuredly satisfy it. He will never be as water that fails; nor hath he said at any time to the seed of Jacob, "Seek ye my face in vain." If Christ be chosen for the foundation of our supply, he will not fail us. John Owen faces heart water It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual things excited, multiplied, and confirmed, by the preaching of the word. John Owen spiritual may men He, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every lust, every omission of duty, is burdensome to God, though but one is so to him. John Owen omission care lust There neither is, nor ever was, in the world, nor ever shall be, the least dram of holiness, but what, flowing from Jesus Christ, is communicated by the Spirit, according to the truth and promise of the gospel. John Owen promise world jesus
