PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Works of John Owen — Volume 19
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Section 241
Ver. 12.—1. The time wherein we enjoy the great mercy and privilege of the dispensation of the gospel, is a matter which must in particular be accounted for. 2. Churches are the schools of Christ, wherein his disciples are trained up unto perfection, every one according to the measure appointed for him, and usefulness …
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Ver. 4-6.—1. It is a great mercy, a great privilege, to be en- lightened with the doctrine of the gospel, by the effectual working of the Holy Ghost. 2. It is such a privilege as may be lost, and end in the aggravation of the sin and condemnation of those who were made partakers of it. 3. Where there is a total neglect…
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Ver. 11.—1. Our profession will not be preserved, nor the work of faith and love carried on, unto the glory of God and our own sal- vation, without a constant studious diligence in the preservation of the one and the exercise of the other. 2. Ministerial exhortation unto dutyis needful even unto them who are sincere in…
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486 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [cHAP. VII. 1. rity of the church doth depend, as to the trials and storms which it undergoes in the world. 29. What will he not do for us, who, in the height of his glory, is not ashamed to be esteemed our fore- runner? 30. When our hope and trust enter within the veil, it is Christ as ou…
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Ver. 4, 5—1. It will be fruitless, and to no' advantage, to pro- pose or declare the most important, truths of the gospel, if those to whom they are proposed do not diligently inquire into them. 2. The sovereign will, pleasure, and grace of God, is that alone which puts a difference among men, especially in the church.…
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Ver. 14.—1. It pleaseth God to give sufficient evidence unto the accomplishment of his promise. 2. Divine revelation gives bounds, positively and negatively, unto the worship of God. ~ Ver. 15-17.—1. Present truths are earnestly to be pleaded and contended for. 2. Important truths should be strongly confirmed. 3. Argu…
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492 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. VII. 26. them to the uttermost. 13. It isa matter of strong consolation to the church that Christ lives in heaven for us. 14, So great and glorious is the work of saving believers unto the utmost, that it is necessary that the Lord Christ should lead a mediatory life in hea- ven for…
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Ver. 3.—1. God’s ordination or appointment gives rules, measures, and ends, unto all sacred offices and employments. 2. There is no 494 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [cHAP. VIII. 4. approach unto God without continual respect unto sacrifice and atonement. 3. There was no salvation to be had for us, no, not by Jesus Christ…
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Ver. 9.—1. The grace and glory of the new covenant are much set off and manifested by the comparing of it with the old. 2. All God’s works are equally good and holy in themselves, but as unto the use and advantage of the church, he is pleased to make some of them means of communicating more grace than others. 3. Though…
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VOL. XIX. 82 498 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. IX. 1. CHAPTERS IX., X. 1-18. SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST'S PRIESTHOOD FROM THE SUPERIOR VALUE OF HIS SACRIFICE. Crap. 1X. Ver. 1.—1. Every covenant of God had its proper pri- vileges and advantages. 2. There was never any covenant between God and man but it had some ordin…
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Ver. 9.—1. There is a state of perfect peace with God to be at- tained under imperfect obedience. 2. Nothing can give perfect 500 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. IX. 10. peace of conscience with God but what can make atonement for sin. Ver. 10.—1. There is nothing in its own nature so mean and abject but the will an…
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502 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. IX. 16. constitution of a mediator, such a mediator, for that testament, in infinite wisdom and love; the death of that testator for the redemption of transgressions, to fulfil the law and satisfy the justice of God; with the communication of that inheritance by promise, to be recei…
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504 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. IX. 24, lasting fountain and spring of all sanctification and sacred dedi- cation. VER. 24.—1. The distinct offices of Christ give direction and en- couragement to faith. 2. Christ accepted of God on our behalf, is the spring of all spiritual consolation. Ver. 25.—1. Such is the a…
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Ver. 2, 3—1. The discharge of conscience from its condemning right and power, by virtue of the sacrifice of Christ, is the founda- tion of all the other privileges which we receive by the gospel. 2. All peace with God is resolved into a purging atonement made for sin. 3. It is by a principle of gospel light alone that …
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508 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. X. 11. | his coming and the discharge of the work he had undertaken: law, temple, sacrifices, must all be removed, to give way unto his coming. 24. Truth is never so effectually declared as when it is confirmed by the experience of its power in them that believe it and make pro- fes…
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510 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP, X. 24. 18. It is a great work, to draw nigh unto God so as to worship him in spirit and in truth. 19. There is an internal principle of saving faith required unto our profession of the doctrine of the gospel, with- out which it will not avail. 20. All that believe ought solemnly to …
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Ver. 28, 29.—1. It is the contempt of God and his authority in his law thatis the gall and poison of sin. 2. When the God of mer- cies will have men show no mercy as to the temporal punishment, he can and will, upon repentance, show mercy as to eternal punish- ment. 3. Though there may be sometimes an appearance of gre…
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VOL, XIX. 33 514 SUMMARY OF DOCTRINAL AND [CHAP. X. 35. ing things, will give joy and satisfaction in the loss of all our sub- stance, upon the account of an interest in these better things. 11. It is the glory of the gospel that it will, on a just account, from a sense of and interest in it, give satisfaction and jo…
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Crap. XI. Ver. 1.—1. No faith will carry us through the diffi- culties of our profession from oppositions within and without, giving us constancy and perseverance therein unto the end, but that only which gives the good things hoped for a real subsistence in our minds and sonls, 2. The peculiar specifical nature of fai…
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Ver. 6.—1. Where God hath put an impossibility upon any thing, it is in vain for men to attempt it. 2. It is of the highest im- portance to examine well into the sincerity of our faith, whether it be of the true kind or not. 3. God himself in his self-sufficiency and his all-sufficiency, meet to act towards poor sinner…
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Ver. 10.—1. A certain expectation of the heavenly reward, grounded on the promises and covenant of God, is sufficient to sup- port and encourage the souls of believers under all their trials, in the whole course of their obedience. 2. Heaven is a settled, quiet habitation. 3. All stability, all perpetuity in every stat…
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Ver. 15.—1. It is in the nature of faith to mortify not only cor- rupt and sinful lusts, but our natural affections, and their most vehe- ment inclinations, though in themselves innocent, if they are any way uncompliant with duty of obedience to the commands of God. 2. When the hearts and minds of believers are fixed o…
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Ver. 19.—1. It is good for us to ree our faith firmly built on the fundamental articles of religion. 2. We ought to remember the privileges and advantages that ‘Abraham obtained on the trial, exer- cise, and victory of his faith. 38, Faith obtaining the victory in great trials (as suffering for the truth), and carrying…
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CHAP, XI. 28.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 525 dure the trial in a time of persecution but such as proceeds from a determinate choice of adhering unto Christ and the gospel, with a refusal and rejection of whatever stands in competition with them, on a due consideration of the respective natures and ends of the things pro…
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CHAP. XI. 37.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 527 revenged. 5. It is in the nature of true, real, saving faith immedi- ately, or at its first opportunity, to declare and protest itself in con- fession before men. 6. Separation from the cause and interest of the world is required in all believers, and will accompany true fait…
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CHAP. XII. 2.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 529 CHAPTERS XII, XIII. EXHORTATIONS TO PERSEVERANCE IN ALL CHRISTIAN DUTY. Cnap. XII. Ver. 1.—1. In all examples set before us in Scrip- ture, we are diligently to consider our own concern in them, and what we are instructed by them. 2. God hath not only made pro- vision, but p…
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CHAP. XII. 6.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, 531 sions of sin. 8. The vigour of our minds, in the constant exercise of spiritual strength, is required hereunto. 9. Without this we shall be surprised, wounded, and at last destroyed by our enemy. 10. They that would abide faithful in their profession in times of trial ought c…
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Ver. 11.—1. When God designeth any thing as a chastisement, it is in vain to endeavour to keep off a sense of it; it shall bea matter of sorrow to us. 2. Not to take in a sense of sorrow in aftlic- CHAP. XII. 13.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 533 tion is, through stout-heartedness, to despise the chastening of the Lord. 3…
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Ver. 15.—1. The grace, love, and good-will of God, in the adop- tion, justification, sanctification, and glorification of believers, is proposed unto all in the gospel, as that which may infallibly be attained in the due use of the means thereunto appointed, namely, sincere faith in Christ Jesus. 2. The outward profess…
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CHAP. XII. 27.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. ; 537 greatest misery of unbelievers is to be brought into the presence of this Judge, so it is one of the greatest privileges of believers that they may come unto him. 18. Believers have an access to God, as the judge of all, with all their causes and complaints. 19. However da…
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CHAP. XIII. 3.| PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 539 a gracious influence unto that fear and reverence which causes them to cleave more firmly unto him. Cuap. XIII. Ver. 1.—1. The power and glory of Christian reli- gion is exceedingly decayed and debased in the world. 2. Where the pretence of mutual love is continued in any m…
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CHAP. XIII. 7.] PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 541 occasions of, all temptations leading unto, these sins are to be avoided as we take care of our souls) 14, Although the state of men may be changed, and divine wrath due to those sins be finally escaped by repentance, yet it may be observed, that of all sorts of sinners thos…
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Ver. 9.—1. There is a revelation of truth given to the church in the word of God, which is its only doctrinal foundation and rule of faith. 2. This doctrine is cognate and every way suited to the pro- motion of the grace of God in believers, and the attainment of their own salvation. 3. Doctrines unsuited to this first…
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Ver. 15.—1. Every act of grace in God or love in Christ to- wards us is in its own nature obligatory to thankful obedience. 2. The religious worship of any creature, under what pretence soever, hath no place in our Christian profession. 8. Every act and duty of faith hath in it the nature of a sacrifice to God, wherewi…
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VER. 22.—When ministers take care that the word which they deliver is a word tending unto the edification and consolation of the church, they may with confidence press the entertainment of it by the people, though it should contain things some way grievous to them, by reason of their weakness or prejudices. END OF VOL…
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Ver. 22.—When ministers take care that the word which they deliver is a word tending unto the edification and consolation of the church, they may with confidence press the entertamment of it by the people, though it should contain things some way grievous to them, by reason of their weakness or prejudices, END OF VOL.…
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