john owen

“ The world presses in upon me with all sorts of pressures, pleas, and pretences. My own corruption is violent, tumultuous, enticing, and entangling. ”

“ We must not be concerned only with that which troubles us, but with all that troubles God. ”

“ Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls. ”

“ If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us. ”

“ He that is more frequent in his pulpit to his people than he is in his closet for his people, is but a sorry watchman. ”

“ Live in this, and thou wilt die a conqueror; yea, thou wilt, through the good providence of God, live to see thy lust dead at thy feet. ”

“ The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. ”

“ The growth of trees and plants takes place so slowly that it is not easily seen. Daily we notice little change. But, in course of time, we see that a great change has taken place. So it is with grace. ”

“ We speak much of God, can talk of him, his ways, his works, his counsels, all the day long; the truth is, we know very little of him. ”

“ So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted. ”