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. 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, continues to be widely read and greatly appreciated to this day.

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John Owen
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Dec 28 2011
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Listening Length	4 hours and 37 minutes
Author	John Owen
Narrator	Tom Parks
Audible.ca Release Date	December 28 2011
Publisher	christianaudio.com
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B071HLC3BV
Best Sellers Rank	#56,897 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #79 in Calvinist Church (Books) #505 in Christian Theology (Audible Books & Originals) #1,416 in Christian Ministry & Evangelism

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Lynn, Canada

Watch for some disconcerting typos

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on April 10, 2020

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Despite some errors of transcription that require a diligent re reading of certain phrases, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It’s a bargain at $2 Canadian. It is worth it to be able to absorb these life changing truths from an old master of the soul. Divine comfort and strong truth in every sentence.

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kelly

Progressive Sanctification

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This little book is a must for every Christian. Our life is to be evolving through sanctification by and through the Holy Spirit.
I think most Christians become churchy (a lot of church attendance and working in ministries) and forget about obedience to the Lord in being about killing sin in our lives
This book is for that purpose, it is very insightful, informative, and helpful, because sanctification can be confusing for some people, and there are some that don't even know that once you're saved then the rest of your life is about progressively being sanctified and the part they also have in it.
I highly recommend this book!

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R. Widdowson

A Rare Gem

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on October 31, 2009

Owen's book is beautiful. He is a sharp observer of the human soul--particularly the soul of those whom God has regenerated yet who still sin. Rather than condemn them, Owen explains why vestiges of sin remain even in the life of born-again Christians. After reading this book, J. I. Packer said it saved him. Until then the young Packer had only been reading popular Christian literature which was theologically hollow and practically superficial. It was making him suicidal. Then he read this small book and his hope was renewed. To a lesser extent, it had the same effect on me. I had been reading Hybels, Wagner, and Warren and was spiritually emaciated. Owen is food that enriches the mind. After four hundred years, this Puritan continues to remain relevant. A true classic.

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James Lane

Worth wading through the "King James" English

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on March 27, 2004

This review refers to the copy Amazon has pictured, i.e. the Christian Focus edition in the Christian Heritage series.
Prior to starting at the beginning and slogging through, you may wish to take a peek at the structure the book is organised around:
General Rules:
1. p84
2. p89
Particular Directions:
1. p106
2. p109
3. p123
4. p129
5. p130
6. p133
7. p134
8. p137
9. p151
A totally refreshing read. I plan to follow my local Christian bookseller's advice as soon as possible: "This book needs to be read and reread". The reason for this is that it is so easy to become complacent about sin and sins. Praise God for Puritan literature such as this!
Owen's first General Rule (p84) is absolutely essential: "Be sure to get an interest in Christ if you intend to mortify any sin." He is in complete agreement with Arthur Pink in The Life of Faith, (p54) who says "None can possibly make any progress in the Christian life unless he first be a Christian." Logical? Obvious? Not to all in our time of universalism and pluralism unfortunately.
One difficulty I had (and I am unable to find a page reference for it) was that Owen says that even if we have stopped acting out a sin, we have not mortified it, because its root remains. This needs to be looked at in light of what our Lord said (Mt 5:29 NIV): "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away..." and again (vs 30) "And if your right eye causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away..." I know Jesus uses the word "cause" here, but surely what he is actually referring to is the avoidance of acting out an internal sinfulness through any part of the body. Removal of limbs per se will not change the heart, and Jesus wasn't pretending that. But we can see here that, in contrast to what Owen says, it is worth dealing with the symptoms of a sinful heart, regardless of the existence of the internal unmortified root.

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Brian G. Hedges

Masterly Meditations on Mortification

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on November 28, 2000

Also available in The Works of John Owen Vol. 6, this is a masterpiece on how to kill corruption in one's personal life. It is less than 100 pages long (in my copy!), but it is packed with some of the most insightful thinking regarding sanctification, that I have ever read. Owen packs much into this brief book leaving hundreds of rocks just turned over for the reader to search out treasures for himself. There are nine preliminary steps to mortifying sin which were of great practical help to me. They are: 1. Consider the dangerous symptoms of your lust; 2. Get a clear sense of the guilt and danger of the sin; 3. Load your conscience with the guilt of the "perplexing distemper"; 4. Have a vehement desire for deliverance; 5. Determine whether the sin is rooted in your natural temperment; 6. Prevent the opportunites for sin; 7. Vigorously oppose the first actings of sin; 8. Think deeply about the majesty of God; 9. Speak no peace to your own disquieted heart - let God speak it. These principles form the bulk of the book, but they are fenced in by strong opposition to all legalistic methods of dealing with sin and with hearty exhortations to focus on Christ and be empowered by the Spirit in the whole task of mortifying sin. An excellent treatment of the subject and worthy of repeated readings. In fact, it is #17 on my "Master Reading List" (which is a short list of the best books I have read and which deserve to be mastered - if you are interested email me at bghedges@thewhitetail.net)

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Cancelled

Puritan Literature on Practical Righteousness

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on July 28, 1999

This provides most thorough and explicit instructions for the Christian life. It is outstanding in its class, a very encouraging work.

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Ken

Msot amazing personal and inspired account of our condition and how to respond

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 18, 2014

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We are surrounded by so MANY trials and temptations, and even attacked unknowingly in our walk in Christanitity. This book clearly shows the way we must grasp our temptations and sins and how to deal with.

The book is compiled in a very logical way even though perhaps you may find difficulty in following.

Ultimately the last chapter clearly defines the approach we should adopt in humble submissive surrender to God's Holy Spirit.

Thanks for making it possible to read such a book electronically.

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Hard hitting and helpful

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For the battle with sin and besetting sins in particular and if you can handle old KJV Style English I can't recommend Puritan John Owen's book - The Mortification Of Sin highly enough. "Be killing sin or sin will be killing you" I got my copy on kindle for next to nothing. It's hard hitting and by far the most helpful book I have ever read on the subject outside of scripture itself.

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Encouraging Challenge to Eradicate Sin From Your Life

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 23, 2018

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“Canst thou look without terror into the abyss of eternity?”

Some people I've met online imply that there is no such thing as “sin.” But you only need a quick glance at the news to see how terrible sin really is and how it destroys peace of mind. What we all need to do is figure out how to make the world a better place by limiting and avoiding sin at all costs. And because we are humans this is a difficult thing to do without God's help.

As John Owen says: “be killing sin or it will be killing you.” These are strong words but anyone who knows about sin will agree. The slavery to sin talked about in this book includes the topics of covetousness, lust, wrath, envy, unregenerancy, pride, malice, pride, unbelief, selfishness, corruption, anger, unruly passions and tumultuous affections. There is not individual counsel for each sin, but a general call to struggle with sin until it is defeated. Christians who have defeated sins in their lives know the joy of being free.

What if we replaced sin with strength, peace of mind, joy, power, comfort, courage, discipline, love, grace and goodness? Would we not be happier? From experience I can say yes...you will finally have the joy you are looking for. When you struggle with sins like covetousness it can be all consumming. Not to mention anger which tends to ruin all your relationships. So sin is worth fighting against simply because you will be happier. God will be happier with you too.

Don't be surprised if this book convicts you of your sins. Sometimes we don't know we are sinning because no one has confronted us or we haven’t read the whole Bible so don't know about all the types of sin. Some have made it simpler by referring to the seven deadly sins, etc.

While reading this book I was impressed with the author's knowledge of the Bible and how he was able to remember exact scripture to make his points so eloquently. He presents some very convincing arguments. So much of the struggle with sin is in the mind. Is it not? If we can stop it there we will prevent much sorrow. John Owen realizes this and encourages the reader to challenge and eradicate sin from your life as soon as possible.

It is true that perfection seems a gradual process. You have to know what you are dealing with before you can deal with it. So be patient with yourself and address one fault at a time. Soon you will be free. I'm still working on a few sins myself so this book was helpful in that regard.

This book seems written for male professors but really it is about the human condition and can apply to men or women.

~The Rebecca Review

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