Only what God has commanded in His word should be regarded as binding; in all else there may be liberty of actions.
John OwenIf private revelations agree with Scripture, they are needless, and if they disagree, they are false.
John OwenLet, then, the word be preached, and the sins of men will be rebuked, lust will be restrained, and some oppositions will be made against sin, though that be not the effect aimed at.
John OwenHe, then, that would really, thoroughly, and acceptably mortify any disquieting lust, let him take care to be equally diligent in all parts of obedience, and know that every lust, every omission of duty, is burdensome to God, though but one is so to him.
John Owen