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John Owen Quotes

Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God’s presence. Therefore they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God Picture Quote #1

He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays Picture Quote #1

The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his beliefs and obedience. Others only delude themselves and thus upset families, churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency Picture Quote #1

Assurance encourateth us in our combat; it delivers us not from it. We may have peace with God when we have done from the assaults of Satan Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit Picture Quote #1

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Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures Picture Quote #1

The gospel shall be victorious. This greatly comforts and refreshes me Picture Quote #1

If we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all Picture Quote #1

It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you Picture Quote #1

Without consistency there is no moral strength Picture Quote #1

After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes Picture Quote #1

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Mortification is the soul’s vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident Picture Quote #1

There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while we live in this world. Sin will not spare for one day. There is no safety but in a constant warfare for those who desire deliverance from sin’s perplexing rebellion Picture Quote #1

The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart Picture Quote #1

A river continually fed by a living fountain may as soon end its streams before it come to the ocean, as a stop be put to the course and progress of grace before it issue in glory Picture Quote #1

Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before Picture Quote #1

Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old nature which still abides in them, but to the gospel Picture Quote #1

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Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death Picture Quote #1

Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be enthroned in the mind, but if sin controls the affections, it has seized a fort from which it will continually assault the soul. Hence, as we shall see, mortification is chiefly directed to take place upon the affections Picture Quote #1

We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above? Picture Quote #1

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh... The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin... Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the withering and consumption of all the painted beauties of this world, to the crucifying all things here below, until they become to me a dead and deformed thing, no way suitable for affectionate embraces Picture Quote #1

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It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation Picture Quote #1

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it Picture Quote #1

Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified Picture Quote #1

The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds of the flesh is the constant duty of believers Picture Quote #1

The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin Picture Quote #1

As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory Picture Quote #1

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Believers obey Christ as the one whom our obedience is accepted by God. Believers know all their duties are weak, imperfect, and unable to abide in God’s presence. Therefore they look to Christ as the one who bears the iniquity of their holy things, who adds incense to their prayers, gathers out all the weeds from their duties and makes them acceptable to God (John Owen Quotes) He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays (John Owen Quotes) The person who understands the evil in his own heart is the only person who is useful, fruitful, and solid in his beliefs and obedience. Others only delude themselves and thus upset families, churches, and all other relationships. In their self-pride and judgment of others, they show great inconsistency (John Owen Quotes) Assurance encourateth us in our combat; it delivers us not from it. We may have peace with God when we have done from the assaults of Satan (John Owen Quotes) 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 Quotes) All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit. (John Owen Quotes) Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures (John Owen Quotes) The gospel shall be victorious. This greatly comforts and refreshes me (John Owen Quotes) If we believe not with faith divine and supernatural, we believe not at all (John Owen Quotes) It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you (John Owen Quotes) Without consistency there is no moral strength (John Owen Quotes) After hearing the evidence, I will record a verdict of natural causes (John Owen Quotes) Mortification is the soul’s vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident (John Owen Quotes) There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed upon. It will always be so while we live in this world. Sin will not spare for one day. There is no safety but in a constant warfare for those who desire deliverance from sin’s perplexing rebellion (John Owen Quotes) The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart (John Owen Quotes) A river continually fed by a living fountain may as soon end its streams before it come to the ocean, as a stop be put to the course and progress of grace before it issue in glory (John Owen Quotes) Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before (John Owen Quotes) Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old nature which still abides in them, but to the gospel (John Owen Quotes) Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, if he follow not on his blow until it be slain, may repent that ever he began the quarrel. And so he who undertakes to deal with sin, and pursues it not constantly to the death (John Owen Quotes) Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be enthroned in the mind, but if sin controls the affections, it has seized a fort from which it will continually assault the soul. Hence, as we shall see, mortification is chiefly directed to take place upon the affections (John Owen Quotes) We all profess that we are bound for heaven, immortality, and glory: but is it any evidence that we really design it if all our thoughts are consumed about the trifles of this world, which we must leave behind us, and have only occasional thoughts of things above? (John Owen Quotes) The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh... The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin... Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin or it will be killing you (John Owen Quotes) 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 Quotes) In this would I live; in this would I die; upon this would I dwell in my thoughts and affections, to the withering and consumption of all the painted beauties of this world, to the crucifying all things here below, until they become to me a dead and deformed thing, no way suitable for affectionate embraces (John Owen Quotes) It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation (John Owen Quotes) The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it (John Owen Quotes) Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified (John Owen Quotes) The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds of the flesh is the constant duty of believers (John Owen Quotes) The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin (John Owen Quotes) As rivers, the nearer they come to the ocean whither they tend, the more they increase their waters, and speed their streams; so will grace flow more fully and freely in its near approaches to the ocean of glory (John Owen Quotes)

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