Before the work of grace the heart is ‘stony.’ It can do no more than a stone can do to please God.
John OwenWhen sin lets us alone we may let sin alone; but as sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet, and its waters are for the most part deep when they are still, so ought our contrivances against it to be vigorous at all times and in all conditions, even where there is least suspicion.
John OwenChrist did not die for any upon condition, if they do believe; but He died for all God's elect, that they should believe.
John OwenSelfishness is the making a man's self his own centre, the beginning and end of all he doeth.
John Owen