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Men think all things would be very glorious if they might be done according to their mind. Perhaps, indeed, they would-but with their glory, not the glory of God.

John Owen

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John Owen
Age: 67 †
Born: 1616
Born: January 1
Died: 1683
Died: August 24
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John Owen (1616-1683)
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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. Sanctification is a progressive, lifelong work (Prov 4:18). It is an amazing work of God's grace and it is a work to be prayed for (Rom 8:27).
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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.
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A man may easier see without eyes, speak without a tongue, than truly mortify one sin without the Spirit.
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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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We ought as much to pray for a blessing upon our daily rod as upon our daily bread.
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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.
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Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be enthroned in the mind, but if sin controls the affections, it has seized a fort from which it will continually assault the soul. Hence, as we shall see, mortification is chiefly directed to take place upon the affections.
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The foundation of true holiness and true Christian worship is the doctrine of the gospel, what we are to believe. So when Christian doctrine is neglected, forsaken, or corrupted, true holiness and worship will also be neglected, forsaken, and corrupted.
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Temptation gains power by persistent solicitations that beget thoughts that make evil less serious
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If the Word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.
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I did not hear what I should have listened to.
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The root of an unmortified course is the digestion of sin without bitterness in the heart.
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