John Owen
John Owen
work-out able christianity
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.
heart men world
The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.
spiritual blood flesh
All spiritual acts well-pleasing unto God, as faith, repentance, obedience, are supernatural; flesh and blood revealeth not these things.
sea ideas self
Without absolutes revealed from without by God Himself, we are left rudderless in a sea of conflicting ideas about manners, justice and right and wrong, issuing from a multitude of self-opinionated thinkers.
causes obedience due-time
See in the meantime that your faith brings forth obedience, and God in due time will cause it to bring forth peace.
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.
men grace doctrine
When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against all the assaults of men.
roots soul mind
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.
world sin this-world
Indwelling sin always abides whilst we are in this world; therefore it is always to be mortified.
servant-of-god christ servant
Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.
self views imagination
The pretended desires of many to behold the glory of Christ in heaven, who have no view of it by faith while they are here in this world, are nothing but self-deceiving imaginations.
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.
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.
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.