The new goddess contingency could not be erected until the God of heaven was utterly despoiled of his dominion over the sons of men, and in the room thereof a home-bred idol of self-sufficiency set up, and the world persuaded to worship it. But that the building climb no higher, let all men observe how the word of God overthrows this babylonian tower.
John OwenYour state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it.
John OwenHe that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what He wills He works.
John OwenNow 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.
John Owen