The Works of John Owen, Vol. 16: The Church and the Bible
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The Works of John Owen, Vol. 16: The Church and the Bible
$12.09
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Despite his other achievements, Owen is best famed for his writings. These cover the range of doctrinal, ecclesiastical and practical subjects. They are characterized by profundity, thoroughness and, consequently, authority. Andrew Thomson said that Owen 'makes you feel when he has reached the end of his subject, that he has also exhausted it.'
Although many of his works were called forth by the particular needs of his own day they all have a uniform quality of timelessness. Owen's works were republished in full in the nineteenth century. Owen is surely the Prince of the Puritans. 'To master his works', says Spurgeon, 'is to be a profound theologian.'
Table of Contents:
THE TRUE NATURE OF A GOSPEL CHURCH. PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 2 The Preface to the Reader, 3 I The subject-matter of the church, 11 II Of the formal cause of a particular church, 25 III Of the polity, rule, or discipline, of the church in general, 30 IV The officers of the church, 42 V The especial duty of pastors of churches, 74 VI Of the office of teachers in the church, or an inquiry into the state,condition, and work, of those called teachers in the Scripture,
97 VII Of the rule of the church, or of ruling elders, 106 VIII The nature of church polity or rule, with the duty of elders, 130 IX Of deacons, 143 X Of excommunication, 151 XI Of the communion of churches, 183 A LETTER CONCERNING EXCOMMUNICATION PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 210 A Letter concerning the matter of the present Excommunications, 211 OF THE ADMTNISTRATION OF CHURCH CENSURES. PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 210 A Discourse concerning the Administration of Church Censures, 223 AN ANSWER UNTO TWO QUESTIONS. PREFATORY NOTE DY THE EDITOR, 240 Question First, 241 Question Second, 245 Twelve Arguments, &c. 248 OF MARRYING AFTER DIVORCE, PEFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 240 Of Marrying after Divorce in case of Adultery, 254 OF INFANT BAPTISM AND DIPPING. PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 240 Of Infant Baptism, 258 A Vindication of two passages in Irenseus against the exceptions of Mr Tombs, 263 Of Dipping, 266 REFLECTIONS ON A SLANDEROUS LIBEL, PEFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 270 Reflections on a Slanderous Libel 271 TREATISES CONCERNING THE SCRIPTURES. PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 282 The Epistle Dedicatory, 283 OF THE DIVINE ORIGINAL OF THE SCRIPTURES, PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 206 I The divine original of the Scripture the sole foundation of its authority… 207 II The main question proposed to consideration… 306 III Arguments of two sorts-Inartificial arguments, by way of testimony to the truth… 313 IV Innate arguments in the Scripture of its divine original and authority… 318 V Of the testimony of the Spirit-Traditions-Miracles, 325 VI Consequential considerations, for the confirmation of the divine authority of the Script me, 337 INTEGRITY AND PURITY OF THE HEBREW AND GREEK TEXT, PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 345 I The occasion of this discourse… 347 II Of the purity of the originals… 353 III Of various lections in the Greek copies of the New Testament, 352 IV General premises… 367 V The original of the points proposed to consideration in particular-The importance of the points to the right understanding of the Scripture… 370 VI Arguments for the novelty of the Hebrew points proposed to consideration… 388 VII Of the דכהיבקררtheir nature and original… 401 VIII Of gathering various lections by the help of translations… 406 POSTHUMOUS SERMONS. PREPATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR, 424 SERMON I THE FURNACE OF DIVINE WRATH.-EZEK. xxii. 17-22, 425 II THE WISDOM OF MAKIXG THE LORD OUR REFUGE.-PS. xiv. 6, 432 III FAITH’S ANSWER TO DIVINE REPROOFS.-HAB. ii. 1-4, 440 IV SPIRITUAL STRENGTH;-ITS REALITY, DECAY, AND RENOVATIONS .-ISA.xi. 31, 450 V HOLINESS URGED FROM THE LIABILITY OF ALL THINGS TO DISSOLUTION.-2 PET. iii. 11,
456 VI THE OBLIGATION TO INCREASEIN GODLINESS.-l THESS. iv. 1, 469 VII PERILOUS TIMES.-2 TIM. iii. 1-5, 474 VIII THE MUTUAL CARE OF BELIEVERS OVER ONE ANOTHER – EPH. iv.15, 16, 477 IX NATIONAL SINS AND NATIONAL JUDGMENTS.-ISA. iii. 8