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Unless men see a beauty and delight in the worship of God, they will not do it willingly.

John Owen

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John Owen
Age: 67 †
Born: 1616
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: August 24
Politician
Religious
Theologian
Stadhampton
Oxon
John Owen (1616-1683)
Willingly
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Unless
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Christ is the meat, the bread, the food of our souls. Nothing is in him of a higher spiritual nourishment than his love, which we should always desire.
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Christ so loves his people that he sings with joy over them.
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The least grace is a better security for heaven than the greatest gifts or privileges whatsoever.
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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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Longing, breathing, and panting after deliverance is a grace in itself, that has a mighty power to conform the soul into the likeness of the thing longed after...unless you long for deliverance you shall not have it.
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