The Works of John Owen

Volume 9: Sermons to the Church

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ISBN 9780851510651
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Cloth-bound

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Book

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622

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9

Original Pub Date

1689 (actually 1826)

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Apr 1, 1965

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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.’

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PART I -A SERMON PUBLISHED 1690.
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR. 2
SEASONABLE WORDS FOR ENGLISH PROTESTANTS.
SERMON – “For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.” – JER. ii. 5 3
PART II -SERMONS PUBLISHED 1721.
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR 18
SERMONS I, II.
THE STRENGTH OF FAITH.
SERMONS -“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.”- ROM. iv. 20 19
SERMONS III, IV.
THE NATURE AND BEAUTY OF GOSPEL WORSHIP.
SERMONS.-“For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.”- EPH. ii. 18 53
SERMONS V-IX.
OF WALKING HUMBLY WITH GOD.
SERMONS.-“And to walk humbly with thy God.” – MIC. vi. 8 84
SERMONS X.-XIII.
PROVIDENTIAL CHANGES, AN ARGUMENT FOR UNIVERSAL HOLINESS.
SERMONS -“Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?”- 2 PET. iii. 11 131
SERMONS XIV, XV.
THE SIN AND JUDGMENT OF SPIRITUAL BARRENNESS.
SERMONS – “But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.”- EZEK. xlvii. 11 179
SERMON XVI.
HUMAN POWER DEFEATED.
SERMON – “The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep; and none of the men of might have found their hands – Ps. lxxvi. 5 197
SERMONS XVII., XVIII.
THE DIVINE POWER OF THE GOSPEL.
SERMONS – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”- ROM. i. 16 217
SERMONS XIX., XX.
GOD THE SAINTS’ ROCK.
SERMONS – “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the Rock that is higher than I.”- Ps. lxi. 2 237
SERMON XXI.
GOSPEL CHARITY.
SERMON – “And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.” – COL. iii. 14 256
SERMON XXII.
CHRIST’S PASTORAL CARE.
SERMON – “Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old” – MIC. vii. 14 271
SERMON XXIII.
A CHRISTIAN, GOD’S TEMPLE.
SERMON – “For ye are the temple of the living God; for God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people …”- 2 COR vi. 16-18. 285
SERMON XXIV.
GOD’S WITHDRAWING HIS PRESENCE, THE CORRECTION OF HIS CHURCH.
SERMON – “O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance” – ISA. lxiii. 17 296
SERMON XXV.
THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF ZION.
SERMON – “Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces…” – Ps. xlviii. 12-14 307
SERMON XXVI.
PERILOUS TIMES.
SERMON – “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”- 2 TIM. iii. 1 320
SERMONS XXVII.-XXIX.
THE CHRISTIAN’S WORK OF DYING DAILY.
SERMON – “I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily”- 1 COR. xv. 31 334
SERMON XXX.
THE EVIL AND DANGER OF OFFENCES.
SERMON.- “Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!” – MATT. xviii. 7 352
SEVERAL PRACTICAL CASES OF CONSCIENCE RESOLVED
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR 358
DISCOURSE I.
QUESTION.- What conviction of a state of sin, and of the guilt of sin, is necessary to cause a soul sincerely to look after Christ? 359
DISCOURSE II.
QUESTION.- Seeing the act of closing with Christ is secret and hidden, and the special times and seasons of our conversion unto God are unknown unto most, what are the most certain evidences and pledges that we have cordially and sincerely received Christ, and returned unto God? 362
DISCOURSE III.
QUESTION.- What concern have we in the sins of the day wherein we live? 365
DISCOURSE IV.
QUESTION.- How may we recover from a decay of the principle of grace? 368
DISCOURSE V.
QUESTION.- How we may make our application unto Christ; not in general, but under what notion and apprehension of the person of Christ? 373
DISCOURSE VI.
QUESTION.- How may we make our addresses to Christ for the exercise of grace; that is, that we may have grace strengthened, and be ready for all exercise? or, How may we make application to Christ, that we may receive grace from him to recover from decays? 376
DISCOURSE VII.
QUESTION.- When our own faith is weakened as to the hearing of our prayers when we ourselves are hindered within ourselves from believing the answer of our prayers, have no ground to expect we should be heard, or no ground to believe we are heard, what are those things that greatly weaken our faith as to the answer of our prayers; that though we continue to pray, yet our faith is weakened as to the hearing of our prayers? and what are the grounds that weaken men’s faith in such a state? 379
DISCOURSE VIII.
QUESTION.- When may anyone sin, lust, or corruption, be esteemed habitually prevalent? 381
DISCOURSE IX.
QUESTION.- Whether lust or corruption, habitually prevalent, be consistent with the truth of grace? 386
DISCOURSE X.
QUESTION.-What shall a person do who finds himself under the power of a prevailing corruption, sin, or temptation? 390
DISCOURSE XI.
QUESTION.- What is our duty with respect to dark and difficult dispensations of God’s providence in the world? 392
DISCOURSE XII.
QUESTION.- How we are to prepare for the coming of Christ? 398
DISCOURSE XIII.
On the contest between Christ and Antichrist. 401
DISCOURSE XIV.
QUESTION.- What is the duty of believers under divine warnings? 403
PART III – SERMONS PUBLISHED 1756.
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR
SERMONS I, II.
THE EVERLASTING COVENANT, THE BELIEVER’S SUPPORT UNDER DISTRESS.
SERMONS – “Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.”-2 SAM. xxiii. 5 409
SERMON III.
THE MINISTRY THE GIFT OF CHRIST.
SERMON.-“Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.”-EPH. iv. 8 431
SERMON IV.
MINISTERIAL ENDOWMENTS THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT.
SERMON.-” But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” -1 COR. xii. 11 441
SERMON V.
THE DUTY OF A PASTOR.
SERMON.-“And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”-JER. iii. 15 452
SERMONS VI.-IX.
THE EXCELLENCY OF CHRIST.
SERMONS.-To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. “My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.”-Ps. xlv. 1-3 462
SERMON X.
THE USE AND ADVANTAGE OF FAITH IN A TIME OF PUBLIC CALAMITY.
SERMON.-“The just shall live by his faith.” – Hab. ii. 4 496
SERMON XI.
THE USE OF FAITH UNDER REPROACHES AND PERSECUTIONS.
SERMON.-“The just shall live by his faith.”-Hab. ii. 4 498
SERMON XII.
THE USE OF FAITH, IF POPERY SHOULD RETURN UPON US.
SERMON.-“The just shall live by his faith.”-ISA. ii. 4 505
SERMON XIII.
THE USE OF FAITH IN A TIME OF GENERAL DECLENSION IN RELIGION
SERMON.-“The just shall live by his faith.” -HAB. ii. 4 510
PART IV – SERMONS PUBLISHED 1700.
PREFATORY NOTE TO THE EDITOR 518
Epistle Dedicatory 519
Preface 520
DISCOURSE I.
DISCOURSE.-“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”-2 COR. v. 21 521
DISCOURSES II., III.
DISCOURSES.-“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?”-1 COR. x. 16 523
DISCOURSE IV.
DISCOURSE.-“As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come” – 1 COR. xi. 26 538
DISCOURSES V, VI.
DISCOURSES.-“But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.”-1 COR. xi. 28 544
DISCOURSE VII.
DISCOURSE.-“He said, Take eat” – 1 COR. xi. 24 563
DISCOURSE VIII.
DISCOURSE.-“Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit.”-1 PET. iii. 18 556
DISCOURSE IX.
DISCOURSE.-“They worshipped him; but some doubted.” – MATT. xxviii. 17 569
DISCOURSE X.
DISCOURSE.-“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.”- MATT. xxviii. 20 571
DISCOURSE XI.
DISCOURSE.-“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied.”-ISA. Iiii. 11 576
DISCOURSE XII.
DISCOURSE.-“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”-PHIL. iii. 10 579
DISCOURSES XIII., XIV.
DISCOURSES.-“For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread: and, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come.”-1 COR. xi. 23-26 582
DISCOURSES XV, XVI.
DISCOURSES.-“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”- John xii. 32 592
DISCOURSE XVII.
DISCOURSE.-“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, und all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat,” etc.- LEV xvi. 27 597
DISCOURSES XVIII., XIX.
DISCOURSES.-“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”-GAL. ii. 20 600
DISCOURSE XX.
DISCOURSE.-“The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us.”-ROM v. 5 606
DISCOURSE XXI.
DISCOURSE.-“And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge  – EPH. iii. 19 609
DISCOURSE XXII.
DISCOURSE.-“And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”-MATT. iii. 17 612
DISCOURSE XXIII.
DISCOURSE.-“As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup,” etc.- 1 COR. xi. 26 615
DISCOURSE XXIV.
DISCOURSE.-“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus.”- 2 COR. iv. 10 618
DISCOURSE XXV.
DISCOURSE.-“Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.”- JOHN vi. 53 620

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