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"30 John Owen Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 1616. Died: 24 August 1683 | Theologian |

A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.

Man Mortify Sin Spirit
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Christ is the meritorious cause of the bestowing of those good gifts, faith and constancy unto martyrdom, upon you.

Christ Good gifts Faith Constancy
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God and the doctor we like adore, But only when in danger, not before.

God Doctor Adore Danger
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To break men off particular sins, and not to break their hearts, is to deprive ourselves of advantages of dealing with them

Break men Sins Hearts Advantages
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Morality divorced from the doctrines of the gospel is not that holiness which the gospel requires

Morality Doctrines Gospel Holiness
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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.

Mortify Live Killing Sin
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Holiness is nothing but the implanting, writing and living out the gospel in our souls

Holiness Writing Gospel Souls
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The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.

Sorrow Burden Father Loves
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To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.

God Power Cross Jesus christ
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All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the Spirit

Mortification Vain Helpless Spirit
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Leanness of body and soul may go together.

Leanness Body Soul Together
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Christians can be confident about their growth in sanctification and eternal security because they are confident in the God who promises it.

Christians Confident Growth God
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The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

Custom Sinning World Shame
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There is no way of deliverance from the state and condition of being in the flesh, but by the Spirit of Christ

Deliverance Flesh Spirit Christ
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He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God.

Thoughts Sin Great God
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The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.

Judgement God Hearts Men
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The use of means for the obtaining of peace is ours; the bestowing of it is God's prerogative.

Use Means Peace God's
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No man shall ever behold the glory of Christ by sight hereafter who does not in some measure behold it here by faith.

No man Glory Christ Faith
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Satan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.

Satan's Success People Time
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The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh.

Power Comfort Spiritual life Flesh
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We speak much of God, and talk of him, his ways, his works; the truth is, we know very little of him.

Speak God Ways Truth
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I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble.

Man Believer Sin Burden
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Pardon comes not to the soul alone; or rather, Christ comes not to the soul with pardon only! It is that which He opens the door and enters by, but He comes with a Spirit of life and power.

Soul Christ Spirit Power
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Faith, if it be a living faith, will be a working faith.
Faith Living Working
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The first and principal duty of a pastor is to feed the flock by diligent preaching of the word

Duty Pastor Preaching Word
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We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own

Power Christ Live Persuasion
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If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.

Word Dwell Power Pass
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If we do not abide in prayer, we will abide in temptation

Abide Prayer Temptation
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They will readily change truth for error, who find no more sweetness in the one than in the other.

Change Truth Error Sweetness
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And truly, for sinners to have fellowship with God, the infinitely holy God, is an astonishing dispensation

Sinners Fellowship Holy God
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John Owen Quotes & Sayings