John Owen
John Owen
roots sin hours
Now 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.
effort compromise sin
Without a sincere and diligent effort in every area of obedience, there will be no sucessful mortification of any one besetting sin.
self soul sin
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.
spiritual lying sins-not
Hatred of sin as sin, not only as galling or disquieting, a sense of the love of Christ in the cross, lie at the bottom of all true spiritual mortification.
men lust sin
Let, 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.
may sin mortification
When sin lets us alone we may let sin alone.
sin trouble evident
It is evident that you contend against sin merely because of how it troubles you.
sin states opposition
Your state is not at all to be measured by the opposition that sin makes to you, but by the opposition you make to it.
spirit sin lord
The good Lord send out a spirit of mortification to cure our distempers, or we are in a sad condition!
quiet sin mortification
Sin is never less quiet than when it seems to be most quiet.
sin
He that hath slight thoughts of sin never had great thoughts of God.
sin mortification believer
The choicest believers, who are assuredly freed from the condemning power of sin, ought yet to make it their business all their days to mortify the indwelling power of sin.
world sin this-world
There is not a day but sin foils or is foiled, prevails or is prevailed on; and it will be so whilst we live in this world.
acting sin lost
Sin will be always acting, if we be not always mortifying, we are lost creatures...