Sunday, February 3, 2008

John Owen

A quote from one of my favorite theologians. I am currently reading his book on the atonement. It is great! Here is John Owen's heart in his own words.

"I will not judge a person to be spiritually dead whom I have judged formerly to have had spiritual life, though I see him at present in a swoon (faint)as to all evidences of the spiritual life. And the reason why I will not judge him so is this -- because if you judge a person dead, you neglect him, you leave him; but if you judge him in a swoon,(faint) though never so dangerous, you use all means for the retrieving of his life. "

John Owen


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Tim

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