PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Works of John Owen — Volume 1
John Owen · 319,122 words · 321 reading sections
Section 301
IV. I proceed unto that which was proposed in the fourth or last place, — namely, the way and means whereby believers may be deli- vered from these decays, and come to thrive and flourish in the in- ward principle and outward fruits of spiritual life ; which will bring us back unto consideration of that truth which we …
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454 HOW TO RECOVER FROM SPIRITUAL DECAY, first sort are never to be diverted from attempting their relief by such means; and when they find them fail, for the most part they cease contending, and abandon themselves to the power of their lusts; for they have no evangelical light to guide them in another course. Unto t…
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(2.) In such a time the true Israel of God, the elect themselves, are apt to be overtaken with the sins of the whole, and so to backslide from God, and so to fall into spiritual decays. So Israel had now done, though she had not absolutely broken covenant with God. He was yet unto her "The Lord thy God ; " yet she had …
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5. The work itself is declared, — (1.) By its nature; (2.) In its causes; (3.) From its effects. (1.) In the nature of it, it is the healing of backsHdings: " I will heal their backslidings," — the sin whereby they are fallen off from God, unto whom they are now exhorted to return. These bring the souls of men into a …
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2. The only way of receiving supplies of spiritual strength and gi'ace from Jesus Christ, on our j)art, is by faith. Hereby we come unto him, are implanted in him, abide with him, so as to bring forth fruit. He dwells in our hearts by faith, and he acts in us by faith, and we live by faith in or on the Son of God. This…
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AND GROW IN GRACE. 461 cure a leprosy ; but tlie life of faith is a mystery known only unto them in wliom it is. 2. It \vill fix the soul unto that object which is suited to give it delight, complacency, and satisfaction. This in perfection is blessed- ness, for it is caused by the eternal vision of the gloiy of God …
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You know, brethren, how I have been amongst you, and in what manner, for these few years past, and how I have kept back nothing (to the utmost of the dis- pensation to me committed) that was profitable unto you ; but have showed you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, testifying to all repentance towards …
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468 THE PRINCIPLES OF Q. By what way may we he delivered from this miserable estate ? A. Only by Jesus Christ. — Chap. ix. Q. What is Jesus Christ ? A. God and man united in one person, to be a Mediator between God and man. — Chap x. Q. What is he unto us? A. A King, a Priest, and a Prophet. — Chap. xi. Q. Where…
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1 Every one out of tliis way everlastingly damned. * The life of religion is in the Life. ' Popish traditions are false lights, leading from God. * The authority of the Scripture dependeth not on the authority of the church, as the Papists blaspheme. * All human inventions unnecessary helps in the worship of God. …
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Q. 3. What is the distinguishi^ig property of the person of the Father? A. To be of himself only the fountain of the Godhead. — John V. 26, 27; Eph. i. 3. Q. 4. What is the property of the Son ? A. To be begotten of his Father from eternity. — Ps. ii. 7 ; John i. 14, iii. 16. Q. 5. What of the Holy Ghost? A. To pr…
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A. First, of creation ; secondly, of ^ actual providence. — Ps. xxxiii. 9 ; Heb. i. 2, 3. Q. 2. What is the wo7'k of creation ? A. An act or work of God's almighty power, whereby of nothing, in six days, he created heaven, earth, and the sea, with all things in them contained. — Gen. i. 1; Exod. xx. 11; Prov. xvi. 4.…
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A. The least grass of the field, hair of our heads, or worm of the earth, is not exempted from his knowledge and care. — Job xxxix. ; Ps. civ. 21, cxlv. 15; Jonah iv. 7; Matt. vi. 26-29, x. 29, 80. CHAP. VII. -Of the Law of God. Q. 1. Which is the law that God gave man at first tofidfil? A. The same which was afterw…
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* All that a natural man hath on this side hell is free mercy. ^ The end of this is Jesus Christ, to all that fly for refuge to the hope set before tliem. 47B THE PEINCIPLES OF Q. 6. Have they, then, no way of themselves to escape the curse and wrath of God ? A. None at all; they can neither satisfy his justice, no…
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Fourthly, General infirmities of nature. — Matt. iv. 2 ; John iv. 6 ; Heb. ii. 18. Q. 6. Wherefore was our Redeemer to be man ? A. That the nature which had offended might suffer, and make satisfaction, and so he might be every way a fit and sufficient Saviour for men.— Heb. ii. 10-17. 480 THE PKINCIPLES OF CHAP. X…
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* Against both these the Papists are exceedingly blasphemous; against the one, by making their mass a sacrifice for sins, — the other, by making saints mediators of intercession. 2 Christ's undergoing punishment for us was, first, typified by the old sacrifices; secondly, foretold in the first promise; thirdly, made l…
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Q. 3. By what means doth he perform all this ? A. Divers; as, first, * internally and effectually, by his Spirit writing his law in our hearts; secondly, ''outwardly and instrumen- tally, by the Word preached. — ^ Jer. xxxi. 31-34 ; 2 Cor. iii. 3 ; 1 Thess. iv. 9; Heb. viii. 10.— 'John xx. 81; 1 Cor. xii. 28; Eph. iv.…
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A. That portion of God's people who, having fought their fight and kept the faith, are now in heaven, resting from their labours. — Eph. V. 27; Rev. iii. 21, xiv. 13. Q. 6. Are not the church of the Jews before the birth of Christ, and the church of the Christians since, two churches? A No ; essentially they are but …
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Q. 2. What, then, is our justification or righteousness before God? A. The gracious, free act^ of God, imputing the righteousness of Christ to a believing sinner, and for that speaking peace unto his conscience, in the pardon of his sin, — pronouncing him to be just and accepted before him, — Gen. xv. 6; Acts xiii. 38…
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CHAP. XXI. — Of the PBivn^EGES of Believers. Q. 1. What are the privileges of those that thus believe and re- pent ? A. First, union with Christ; secondly, adoption of children; thirdly. Christian liberty ; fourthly, a spiritual, holy right to the seals of the new covenant; fifthly, communion with all saints; sixthly…
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THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST. 491 CHAP. XXIII.— Of Baptism. Q. 1. Which are these sacraments? A. Baptism and the Lord's supper. Q. 2. What is baptism? A. An * holy action, appointed^ ^ of Christ, whereby being sprinkled with water in the name of the whole Trinity, by a lawful minister of the church, ''we are admitted in…
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* By virtue of this, we partake in all the good and evil of the people of God througliout the world. THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST. 493 il 16, 19-22; 1 Cor. x. 17; John xvii. 11, 21, 22; John x. 16; Heb. il 11.— n Cor. i. 10, 11; Rom. xii. 5; 1 Cor. xii. 27, 28; Eph. iv. 11-13; Phn. ii. 2; Col. iii. 15; 1 Pet. hi. 8. CHAP.…
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