There are two things that are suited to humble the souls of men, and they are, first, a due consideration of God, and then of themselves - of God, in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty, and authority; of ourselves, in our mean, abject, and sinful condition.
John Owen (1774). “Nature, Power, Deceit and Prevalency of Indwelling Sin in Believers ...”, p.86
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