The Works of John Owen, Vol. 16: The Church and the Bible

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Owen, John

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616

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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