DISCOURSES II., III.
Discourses. — " The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ ?t The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ ?"—l Cor. x. 16 . . . . . . .52:3
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.
I Msi'ourses. — " But let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup." — 1 Cor. xi. 28 . .... 544
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DISCOURSE VII.
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Discourse. — " He said, .... Take, eat." — 1 Cos. xL 24 .... 503
DISCOURSE VIII.
Discourse. — " Clmst 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 ....... . 500
DISCOURSE IX.
Discourse. — " They worshipped him ; but some doubted." — Matt, xxviii. 17 509
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 XL
Discourse. — "He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied." — Isa. liii. 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 570
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 brake 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. 23-20 ....... 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.
Discoubse. — "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, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat," etc. — Lev. xvi. 21 . . . . . . . . .597
X .CONTENTS.
DISCOURSES XVIII., XIX.
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Discourses. — " 1 am crucified with Christ : nevertheless I live ; yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of Cod, who loved me, and gave himself for me." — Gal. ii. 20 (500
DISCOURSE XX.
Discourse. — " The love of Cod 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
POSTHUMOUS SERMONS.
PART I.
A SEEMON PUBLISHED
M.DC.XC.
VOL. IX.
PREFATORY NOTE.
The following is the first of Owen's posthumous Sermons. It was preached on the occasion of a fast, December 22, 16S1; and was published separately, in 1G90, with the subjoined quaint preface by Daniel Burgess. The latter was the son of an excellent Nonconformist minister, Daniel Burgess, who was ejected from Col- linburn, Wiltshire, under the Bartholomew Act, 1G62. The son was a somewhat eccentric but celebrated and much-respected preacher in London, — a kind of Latimer among the Nonconformists of his time. He died in 1713, and bis fune- ral sermon was preached by Matthew Henry : —
" To the Reader, — Upon the desire of some interested in the publication of this sermon, I have perused it, and do communicate these my thoughts concerning it.