John Owen on the Mortification of Sin

I've been reading John Owen's work called The Mortification of Sin. For years, I've put off reading it, cause'...well, it just sounds morbid and dull. Let me say, that after reading a few chapters, it is a wellspring of life. He is exactly right about the need to "kill sin or it will kill you." This is not a guilt-laden call for doing a Protestant version of crawling on your bare knees up the stony steps of St. Peters. It is a sound biblical call to live in the power of the Spirit.