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There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on and it will be so whilst we live in this world.

John Owen

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John Owen
Age: 67 †
Born: 1616
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: August 24
Politician
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Stadhampton
Oxon
John Owen (1616-1683)
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We cannot enjoy peace in this world unless we are ready to yield to the will of God in respect of death. Our times are in His hand, at His sovereign disposal. We must accept that as best.
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Temptation gains power by persistent solicitations that beget thoughts that make evil less serious
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The most tremendous judgment of God in this world is the hardening of the hearts of men.
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Christ greatly delights in his people and they greatly delight in him
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I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend.
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Before the work of grace the heart is ‘stony.’ It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.
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That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.
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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.
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God never intended for us to be left to pray on our own. God never changes His purpose, but He often does purpose a change.
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Now nothing can prevent this but mortification that withers the root and strikes at the head of sin every hour, so that whatever it aims at it is crossed in.
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