John Owen
John Owen
John Owen quotes about
grace glory christ
To those to whom Christ is the hope of future glory, he is also the life of present grace.
soul care sin
So great an advantage is given to sin and Satan by your temper and disposition, that without extraordinary watchfulness, care, and diligence, they will prevail against your soul.
christian ocean blessing
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.
prayer praying endeavor
He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
persuasion christ
We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own.
self mind beloved
Free will is "corrupted nature's deformed darling, the Pallas or beloved self-conception of darkened minds"
weed prayer add
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.
peace men meditation
If I have observed anything by experience, it is this: a man may take the measure of his growth and decay in grace according to his thoughts and meditations upon the person of Christ, and the glory of Christ's Kingdom, and of His love.
devil reign dominion
Christ by his death destroying the works of the devil, procuring the Spirit for us, hath so killed sin, as to its reign in believers, that it shall not obtain its end and dominion.
christian believe doctrine
The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.
saving may desert
A true saving knowledge of sin is to be had only in the Lord Christ: in him may we see the desert of our iniquities.
eye desire world
On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes and I will be more and more crucified to this world. It will become to me like something dead and putrid, impossible for me to enjoy.
blow issues enemy
He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue.
spiritual men may
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.