Wisdom of the Ages

“Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.”
― John Owen
“Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.”

“Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts.”
― John Owen
Pride is self contending with God for preeminence

“Pride is self contending with God for preeminence”
Stephen Charnock
“Let us no more contend, nor blame each other, blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten each other’s burden”

“Let us no more contend, nor blame each other,
blamed enough elsewhere, but strive, In offices of love,
how we may lighten each other’s burden”
John Milton
“The measure of love is to love without measuring”

“The measure of love is to love without measuring”
Saint Augustine
Every unmortified sin will certainly do two things…

“Every unmortified sin will certainly do two things:— [1.] It will weaken the soul, and deprive it of its vigour. [2.] It will darken the soul, and deprive it of its comfort and peace”
― John Owen,