John Owen
John Owen
hate men two
Let no man pretend to fear sin that does not fear temptation also! These two are too closely united to be separated. He does not truly hate the fruit who delights in the root.
done way spirit
All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless; it must be done by the Spirit.
sin states opposition
Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it.
grace thrones majesty
It is a throne of grace that God in Christ is represented to us upon; but yet is is a throne still whereon majesty and glory do reside, and God is always to be considered by us as on a throne.
lying heart mind
No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to his mind and will.
done may peace-with-god
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.
heart long may
Christ is our best friend, and ere long will be our only friend. I pray God with all my heart that I may be weary of everything else but converse and communion with Him.
perfect peace-with-god obedience
There is a state of perfect peace with God which can be attained under imperfect obedience.
spirit sin lord
The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition!
wish worst stills
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.
spring heart dragons
He can make the dry parched ground of my soul to become a pool and my thirsty barren heart as springs of water. Yes he can make this habitation of dragons this heart which is so full of abominable lusts and fiery temptations to be a place of bounty and fruitfulness unto Himself
soul together may
Leanness of body and soul may go together.
moon love-is light
The love of God is like himself – equal, constant, not capable of augmentation or diminution; our love is like ourselves – unequal, increasing, waning, growing, declining. His, like the sun, always the same in its light, though a cloud may sometimes interpose; ours, as the moon, has its enlargements and straightenings.
world shame courses
The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.