By John Owen.
Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers, the necessity, the nature and means of it: with a resolution of sundry cases of conscience hereunto belonging.
By John Owen, D.D., a servant of Jesus Christ in the work of the Gospel. (1616-1683)
The Mortification of Sin” was written by John Owen, one of the best known of the Puritans. In “The Mortification of Sin,” John Owen insisted on the importance of the Christian dealing effectively with their sinful tendencies and attitudes.
He believed that God, through his Word and Spirit, had provided the guidelines and the power for this to be achieved. In “The Mortification of Sin,” John Owen effectively dismisses various excuses for not engaging in self-scrutiny and yet avoids the current trend of self-absorption.
In so doing he provides principles to help believers live lives of holiness. As with all of Owen’s writings, “The Mortification of Sin” continues to be widely read and greatly appreciated to this day.
John Owen
Dr. John Owen (1616-1683), theologian, was born of Puritan parents at Stadham in Oxfordshire in 1616. At twelve years of age he was admitted at Queen’s College, Oxford, where he took his B.A. degree in 1632 and M.A. in 1635. During these years he worked with such diligence that he allowed himself but four hours sleep a night, and damaged his health by this excessive labour.
In 1637 he was driven from Oxford by his refusal to comply with the requirements of Laud’s new statutes. Having taken orders shortly before, he became chaplain and tutor in the family of Sir Robert Dormer of Ascot in Oxfordshire. At the outbreak of the civil troubles he adopted Parliamentary principles, and thus lost both his place and the prospects of succeeding to his uncle’s fortune.
For a while he lived in Charterhouse Yard, in great unsettlement of mind on religious questions, which was removed at length by a sermon which he accidently heard at St Michael’s in Wood Street.
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