On Mortification for Teenagers!

Recently I've posted a number of times from John Owen's justly famous work On the Mortification of Sin.  I'll be lecturing on Owen this coming Sunday to adults, and this work will factor in significantly for my subject matter.  It is interesting to note that the little treatise on mortification of sin was originally a sermon series to college students—to teenagers (!)—while Owen was dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of Oxford University.  Having recently read this work with my wife, it boggles the mind to think that this was matter for the nourishment of teenagers, yet today Owen's material is regarded as far too heavy even for adults!