We must not be concerned only with that which troubles us, but with all that troubles God. — John Owen
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend, for when at worst, they say, things always mend. — John Owen
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements — John Owen
In the divine scriptures, there are shallows and there are deeps; shallows where the lamb may wade — John Owen
The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it. — John Owen
All other ways of mortification are vain, all helps leave us helpless, it must be done by the spirit. — John Owen
Temptation is like a knife, that may either cut the meat or the throat of a man; it may be his — John Owen
The vigor and power and comfort of our spiritual life depends on our mortification of deeds of the flesh. — John Owen