The Works of John Owen, Volume 5: Faith and Its Evidences
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 DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. | ||
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR | 2 | |
To the Reader | 3 | |
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | ||
PREVIOUS UNTO THE EXPLANATION OF THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION. | ||
FIRSTLY, The general nature of justification | 7 | |
SECONDLY, A due consideration of God, | 13 | |
THIRDLY, A due sense of our apostasy from God, | 20 | |
FOURTHLY, Opposition between works and grace, | 24 | |
FIFTHLY, A commutation as unto sin and righteousness, | 34 | |
SIXTHLY, Introduction of grace by Jesus Christ into the whole of our relation unto God, | 44 | |
SEVENTHLY, General prejudices against the imputation of the righteousness of Christ | 55 | |
EIGTHLY, Influence of the doctrine of justification into the first Reformation | 64 | |
CHAPTER I. | ||
Justification by faith generally acknowledged- | 70 | |
CHAPTER II. | ||
The nature of justifying faith in particular, or of faith in the exercise of it, whereby we are justified- | 93 | |
CHAPTER III. | ||
Use of faith in justification; various conceptions about it- | 107 | |
CHAPTER IV. | ||
The proper sense of these words, justification, and to justify, considered- | 123 | |
CHAPTER V. | ||
Distinction of a first and second justification- | 137 | |
CHAPTER VI. | ||
Evangelical personal righteousness; the nature and use of it- | 152 | |
CHAPTER VII. | ||
Imputation, and the nature of it- | 162 | |
CHAPTER VIII. | ||
Imputation of sin unto Christ- | 175 | |
CHAPTER IX. | ||
Principal controversies about justification- | 205 | |
CHAPTER X. | ||
Arguments for justification by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ- | 223 | |
CHAPTER XI. | ||
Nature of the obedience or righteousness required unto justification- | 240 | |
CHAPTER XII. | ||
Imputation of the obedience of Christ no less necessary than that of his suffering, on the same ground- | 251 | |
CHAPTER XIII. | ||
The difference between the two covenants stated- | 275 | |
CHAPTER XIV. | ||
All works whatever expressly excluded from any interest in our justification before God- | 278 | |
CHAPTER XV. | ||
Of faith alone- | 290 | |
CHAPTER XVI. | ||
Testimonies of Scripture confirming the doctrine of justification by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ- | 295 | |
CHAPTER XVII. | ||
Testimonies out of the evangelists considered- | 299 | |
CHAPTER XVIII. | ||
Testimonies out of the Epistles of Paul the apostle- | 306 | |
Rom. v. 12-21. Boasting excluded in ourselves, asserted in God- | 321 | |
Rom. x. 3, 4, explained and insisted on to the same purpose- | 338 | |
1 Cor. i. 30. Christ, how of God made righteousness unto us- | 344 | |
2 Cor. v. 21. In what sense Christ knew no sin- | 347 | |
Gal. ii. 16 | 354 | |
Eph. ii. 8-10. Evidence of this testimony- | ||
356 | ||
Phil. iii. 8, 9. Heads of argument from this testimony- | 363 | |
CHAPTER XIX. | ||
Objections against the doctrine of justification by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ- | 372 | |
CHAPTER XX. | ||
Seeming difference, no real contradiction, between the apostles Paul and James, concerning justification- | 384 | |
GOSPEL GROUNDS AND EVIDENCES OF THE FAITH OF GOD’S ELECT. | ||
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR | 402 | |
To the Reader | 404 | |
Evidences of the faith of God’s elect | 405 | |
The first evidence of the faith of God’s elect | 411 | |
The second evidence of the faith of God’s elect | 422 | |
The third evidence of the faith of God’s elect | 436 | |
The fourth evidence of the faith of God’s elect | 442 |
Author
Amongst the best known of the Puritans, John Owen (1616-1683) was a profound and thought provoking pastor-theologian. His writings continue to be widely read and greatly appreciated to this day.