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Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.

John Owen

Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

John Owen

It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon the earth. It is often those who are despised and trampled on that bear up the weight of a whole nation.

John Owen

John Owen

John Owen

Born: 1564

Died: 1622 (aged 58)

Bio: John Owen was a Welsh epigrammatist, most known for his Latin epigrams, collected in his Epigrammata.

Known for:

The Works of John Owen
The Mortification of Sin
The Glory of Christ
The Death of Death in the Death of Christ
Overcoming Sin and Temptation

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