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THE
WORKS
JOHN OWEN, D.D.
EDITED
BY THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD,
EDINBURGH.
VOL. II.
I^EW YORK:
ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
285 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.IJ.
CONTENTS OF VOL. 11.
OF COMMUNION WITH GOD THE FATHER, SON, . AND HOLY GHOST.
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Prefatory Note by the Editor ....... 2
Preface ........... 3
Note to the Reader by D. Burgess ....... 4
PAET I.
C'liAP. I. — That the saints have communion with God — 1 John i. 3 considered to that pui-pose — Somewhat of tlie nature of communion in geuci'al . . . 5
Chap. II. — That the saints have this communion distinctly with the Father, Son, and Spirit — 1 John v. 7 opened to this pm-pose; also, 1 Cor. xii. 4-G, Eph. ii. IS — Father and Son mentioned jointly in this communion; the Father solely, the Son also, and the Holy Ghost singly — The saints' respective regard in all worship to each person manifested— Faith in the Father, 1 John v. 9, 10 ; and love towards him, 1 John ii. 15, Mai. i. 6 — So in prayer and praise— It is so likewise with the Son, John xiv. 1 — Of our communion with the Holy Ghost— The truth farther confirmed ........•• 9
Chap. 1 1 1.— Of the peculiar and distinct communion which the saints have with the Father— Obsei-vations for the cleai-ing of the whole premised— Our peculiar com- munion with the Father is in love— 1 John iv. 7, 8; 2 Cor. xiii. 1-t; Jolm xvi 20, 27; Rom. v. 5; John iii. 16, xiv. 2.3 ; Tit. iii. 4, o]*)ned to this purpose — What is required of believers to hold communion with the Father in love — His love received by faith — Returns of love to him— God's love to us and ours to him — Wherein they agree — Wherein they diifer . . . . . .17
Chap. IV. — Inferences on the former doctrine concerning communion with the Father in love . . . . . . . • ■ • .31
PART II.
Chap. I. — Of the fellowship which the saints have with Jesus Christ the Son of (Jod — That they have such a fellowship proved, I Cor. i. 9; Rev. iii. 20: Cant. ii. 1-7 opened; also Prov. ix. 1-5 . . . . . . .10
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CiiAP. II. — What it is ■wherein we have peculiar fellowship with the Lord Christ — This is in grace — This proved, John i. 14, 16, 17; 2 Cor. xiii. 14; 2 Thess. iii. 17, IS — Grace of various acceptations — Personal grace in Christ proposed to con- sideration— The grace of Christ as mediator intended, Ps. xlv. 2 — Cant. v. 10, Christ, how white and ruddy — His fitness to save, from the grace of union— His fulness to save — His suitableness to endear — These considerations improved . 46
Chap. III. — Of the way and manner whereby the saints hold communion with the Lord Christ as to personal grace— The conjugal relation between Christ and the saints. Cant. ii. 16; Isa. liv. 5, etc.; Cant. iii. 11, opened — The way of communion in conjugal relation, Hos. iii. 3 ; Cant. i. 15 — On the part of Christ — On the part of the saints .......... 64
Digression I.
Some excellencies of Christ proposed to consideration, to endear our hearts unto him — His description. Cant, v., opened . . . . . .59
Digression II.
All solid wisdom laid up in Christ — True wisdom, wherein it consists — Knowledge of God, in Ckrist only to be obtained — What of God may be known by his works — Some properties of God not discovered but in Chiist only; love, mercy — Others not fully but in him ; as vindictive justice, patience, wisdom, all- suiTticiency — No property of God savingly known but in Christ — What is re- quired to a saving knowledge of the properties of God — No true knowledge of ourselves but in Chi-ist — Knowledge of ourselves, wherein it consisteth — Knowledge of sin, how to be had in Christ; also of righteousness and of judg- ment— The wisdom of walking with God hid in Chiist — What is required thereimto — Other pretenders to the title of wisdom examined and rejected — Christ alone exalted ........ 79
CiiAP. IV. — Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation in respect of conse- quential affections — His delight in his saints first insisted on, Isa. Ixii. 5; Cant, iii. 11; Prov. viii. .31 — Instance of Christ's delight in believers — He reveals his whole heart to them, John xv. 14, 15; himself, John xiv. 21; his kingdom; enables them to communicate their mind to him, giving them assistance, a way, boldness, Rom. viii. 2i5, 27 — The saints delight in Christ ; this manifested Cant, ii. 7, viii. G — Cant. iii. 1-5, opened — Their delight in his scn-ants and oi\linances of worship for his sake . . . . . .117
Chap. V. — Other consequential affections: — 1. On the part of Christ — He values liis saints — Evidences of that valuation: — (1.) His iticarnation; (2.) Exinanition, 2 Cor. viii. 9; Pliil. ii. 6, 7^(3.) Obedience as a servant; (1.) In his death. His valuation of them in comparison of others. 2. Believers' estimation of Christ : — (1.) They value him above all other things and persons; (2.) Above their own lives; (3.) All spiritual excellencies. The sum of all on the part of Christ — The sum on the part of believers. The third conjugal affection — On the part of Christ, pity or compassion — Wherein manifested — Sufl'ering and supply, fiiiits , of compassion — Several ways whereby Christ relieves the saints under tenipta- tion.s — His compassion in their afHictions. Chastity, the third conjugjil affection in the saints. Tlic fourth — On the part of Christ, bounty; on the part of the saints, duty . . ........ 133