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BX 9315 .08 1850 v. 12 Owen, John, 1616-1683. The works of John Owen
THE
WORKS
,- OF
JOHN t)WEN, D.D.
EDITED
BY THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD,
EDINBURGH.
YOL. XII.
JS-EW YORK:
EGBERT CARTER & BROTHERS,
2 8 5 BROADWAY.
M.DCCC.Lill.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME XTI.
YINDICIiE EVANGELICyE;
OR,
THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL VINDICATED AND SOCINIANISM EXAMINED.
Prefatory Note by the Editor,
Dedicatiou, • . . .
Epistle Dedicatorj',
Preface to the Rcaclei",
Mr Biddle's Preface to his Catechism,
Mr Biddle's Preface briefly examined,
Chap.
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VI.
VII.
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XIV.
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
XIX.
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XXI.
Mr Biddle's first chapter examined— Of the Scriptures,
Of the nature of God, ... ...
Of the shape and bodily visible figure of God,
Of the attribution of passions and affections, anger, fear, repentance,
unto God — In what sense it is done in the Scripture, Of God's prescience or foreknowledge, ....
-Of the creation, and condition of man before and after the fall, ■Of the person of Jesus Christ, and on what account he is the Son of God, •An entrance into the examination of the Racovian Catechism in the business of the deity of Christ— Their arguments against it an- swered ; and testimonies of the eternity of Christ vindicated. The pre-eternity of Christ farther evinced— Sundry texts of Scripture vindicated, ........
Of the names of God given unto Christ, .....
Of tlie work of creation assigned to Jesus Christ, etc. — The confirmation of his eternal deity from thence, .....
All-ruling and disposing providence assigned unto Christ, and his eternal Godhead thence farther confirmed, with other testimonies thereof, . ........
—Of the incarnation of Christ, and his pre-existence thereunto, —Sundry other testimonies given to the deity of ("hrist vindicated, —Of the Holy Ghost, his deity, graces, and operations, . —Of salvation by Christ, .......
—Of the mediation of Christ, ......
—Of Christ's prophetical office, ......
—Of the kingly office of Jesus Christ, and of the worship that is ascribed and due to him, .......
— Of the priestly office of Christ— How he was a priest — When he en- tered on his office— And how he dischargeth it, —Of the death of Christ, the causes, ends, and fruits thereof, with an entrance into the doctrine of his satisfaction thereby,
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XXII. — The several considci-ations of the death of Christ as to the expiation of our sins thereby, and the satisfaction made therein— First, Of it as a price; secondly, As a sacrifice, ..... 419
XXIII. — Of the death of Christ as it was a punishment, and the satisfaction
made thereby, .... .... 433
XXIV. — Some particular testimonies evincing the death of Christ to be a pun- ishment, properly so called, . . . . . . 443
XXV. — A digression concerning the 53d chapter of Isaiah, and the vindication , of it from the perverse interpretation of Hugo Guotius, . . 455
XXVI.— Of the matter of the punishment that Christ underwent, or what he
suffered, ........ 485
XXVII. — Of the covenant between the Father and the Son, the gi-ound and foun- dation of this dispensation of Christ's being punished for us and in our stead, ........ 496
XXVIII. — Of redemption by the death of Christ as it was a price or ransom, . 508 XXIX.— Of reconciliation by the death of Christ as it is a sacrifice, . . 531
XXX. — The satisfaction of Christ, on the consideration of his death being a piinishment, farther evinced, and vindicated from the exceptions of Smalcius, ........ 542
XXXI.— Of election and universal grace— Of the resurrection of Christ from the
dead, . ........ 551
XXXII.— Of justification and faith, 561
XXXIII. — Of keeping the commandments of God, and of perfection of obedience
— How attainable in this life, ...... 564
XXXIV. — Of prayer ; and whether Christ prescribed a form of prayer to be used by believers ; and of praying unto him and in his name under the old testament, ........ 577
XXXV.— Of the resurrection of the dead and the state of the wiclsed at the last
day, ......... 581
[APPENDIX.] Of the Death of Clu'ist, and of Justification, ...... 591
A Wnm OF THE ANNOTATIONS OF HUGO GROTIUS.
Prefatokt Note by the Editor, ....... 618
A Second Consideration of the Annotations of Hugo Grotius, . . . 619
Epistles of Grotius to Crellius, . .638
VINDICIiE EVANGELIC^;
OR,
THE MYSTEEY OF THE GOSPEL VINDICATED AND SOCINIANISM EXAMINED,
IN THE •
CONSIDERATION AND CONFUTATION
OP
A CATECHISM CALLED "A SCRIPTURE CATECHISM," WRITTEN BY J. RIDDLE, M.A.,
AND THE CATECHISM OF YALENTISUS SMALGIUS, COMMONLY CALLED
"THE RACOVIAN CATECHISM;"
■WITH
THE VINDICATION OF THE TESTIMONIES OF SCEIPTURE CONCEENINO THE DEITY AND
SATISFACTION OF JESUS CHRIST FROM THE FERVERSE EXPOSITIONS AND
INTERPRETATIONS OF THEM BY HUGO GEOTIUS, IN HIS
ANNOTATIONS ON THE BIBLE.
ALSO, AN APPENDIX,
IN VINDICATION OF SOME THINGS FORMERLY WRITTEN ABOUT THE DEATH OF CHRIST AND THE FRUITS THEREOF FROM THE ANIMADVERSIONS OF MR. R. B.
BY JOHN OWEN, D.D.,
A SERVAKT OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE WORK OF THE GOSPEL.