The Works of John Owen
16 Volume Set
| Weight | 29.2 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 24 in |
| page-count | 9,285 |
| Format | Book |
| Original Pub Date | 1689 (actually 1826) |
| Banner Pub Date | Apr 1, 1968 |
| topic | Atonement, Baptism, Catechisms/Confessions, Church Issues/Unity, Conversion, Doctrines of Grace, Faith, God, Jesus Christ, Justification, Man & Sin, Prayer, Roman Catholicism, Salvation, Sanctification, Spiritual Growth, The Church, The Holy Spirit, Worship |
| binding | Cloth-bound |
| scripture | Whole Bible |
| isbn | 9780851513928 |
Endorsement
‘Owen is a most wonderful resource. He isn’t easy reading, but you get into a rhythm…It’s the sheer spirituality of Owen that is just compelling, absolutely compelling.’ — IAN HAMILTON
Book Description
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.’
Dr. D. M. Lloyd-Jones wrote: ‘It is almost presumption to recommend any work by Dr. John Owen. All his works are of the greatest value and profit…’
Sinclair Ferguson on The Works of John Owen
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Ludin Gomez –
One of my purposes for this year is to read the 16 volumes of John Owen. It will be a blessing.
Barbara Miller –
This set was a Christmas gift to our pastor. He loves it!
Dr. Kevan S. Zechin Sr. –
Absolutely the best of Calvinist reformed theology. It is well worth the time spent reading all the volumes. I started with Hebrews as that is my specialty and finished all in about three years. The Latin works may be bought in translation from another publisher. It takes time to master the language and structure of the works but is well worth it.
DJ Boone –
It’s often said that Owen is a difficult author to read, which will receive no argument from me. However, as my scope of authors that I read is still widening, where that difficulty lies has become more clear.
It’s interesting to note that Owen says in volume 1, at the top of page 6 in his preface, that his targeted audience was “the common sort of readers.” I certainly don’t mean to take anything away from the genuis mind of Owen in saying this, but I think that the difficulty we have in reading Owen is not due so much to his brilliance as to how lethargic and out of shape our minds have become today, in the ability to think.
There are some things in life which only a few gifted select will ever do, like Owen writing this incredibly comprehensive work, filling up 16 volumes. But it does not take a brilliant man to read Owen. As he said himself, I believe he has achieved his goal and is approachable by the “common sort of readers,” which, no doubt, I am nothing more.
Most of us will never run a sub four minute mile, but we all can run a mile with a little more time, one just needs to develop a certain amount of endurance to achieve the task.
And that’s how I would describe reading Owen. He takes you to glorious heights (Ro 11:33), not by the technically difficult way that only a few skilled mountaineers can climb. He climbs just as high, and yes, still difficult, but by an achievable path for us more “common sorts” of climbers, one just needs to develop a certain amount of intellectual endurance, which we all can,to read Owen.