The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition!
John OwenSelfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth.
John OwenTo suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.
John OwenSatan's greatest success is in making people think they have plenty of time before they die to consider their eternal welfare.
John Owen...but let it suffice us to know that it became God, who is the supreme Ruler, Governor and Judge of all that sin should be punished with death in the sinner or his surety; and therefore if God would bring many sons to glory, the Captain of their salvation must undergo sufferings and death, to make satisfaction for them.
John Owen