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THE
WORKS
JOHN OWEN, D.D.
EDITED
BY THOMAS RUSSELL, M.A.
MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, BY WILLIAM ORME.
VOL. XV.
CONTAINING
SERMONS.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR RICHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW:
And sold by J. Parker, Oxford ; Deighlon and Sons, Cambridge ; D. Brown, VVaiigh and Innes, and IT. S. Baynes and Co. Edinburgh ; Chalmers and Collins, and M. Ogle, Glasgow ; M. Kcene, and R. M. Tims, Dublin.
1826.
CONTENTS
OF
THE FIFTEENTH VOLUME.
Page SERMON I.
A VISION OF UNCHANGEABLE FREE MERCY.
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night : There stood a man of Mace- donia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us. — Acts xvi. 9 5
A COUNTRY ESSAY FOR THE PRACTICE OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT THERE. 50
SERMON II.
EBENEZER : A MEMORIAL OF THE DELIVERANCE OF ESSEX COUNTY, AND COMMITTEE.
A prayer of Habbeikkuk the prophet upon Sigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the 3'ears, ia the midst of the years make known ; in wratli remember mercy. , God came from Teman, and the holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of bis hand, and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood and measured the earth : he beheld and drove asunder the nations, and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Was the Lord displeased against the rivers ? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wratli against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses, and thy chariots of salvation? Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. — Hab. iii. 1 — 9. 88
SERMON III.
RIGHTEOUS ZEAL ENCOURAGED BY DIVINE PROTECTION.
Let them return unto thee, but return not thou unto them. And 1 will make thee unto this people a fenced brazen wall, and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee : for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. — Jer. xv. 19, 20. 167"
OF TOLERATION : AND THE DUTY OF THE MAGISTRATE ABOUT RELIGION. 200
SERMON IV.
THE STEADFASTNESS OF PROMISES, AND THE SINFULNESS OF STAGCEniKG.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. — Rom. iv. 20 2j>4
SERMON V.
THE STRENGTH OF FAITH.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to God. — Rom. iv. 20.
i» CONTENTS.
Page SERMON VI.
THE STRENGTH OF FAITH.
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God. — Rom. iv. 20. 318
SERMON VII.
OYPANiiN OTPANIA.
THE SHAKING AND TBANSLATING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. — Heb. xii. 27. 338
SERMON VIII.
THE BRANCH OF THE LORD THE BEAUTY OF ZION.
For mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. — Isa. Ivi. 7. • • 380 SERMON IX.
THE advantage OP THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST IN THE SHAKING OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD.
And all the trees of the field shall know that 1 the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish ; I the Lord have spoken and have done it. — EzEK. xvii. 24. 415
SERMON X.
THE LABOURING SAINt's DISMISSION TO REST.
But go thoQ thy way till the end be, for thou shall rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. — Dan. xii. 13. ; . . . . 450
SERMON XL
Christ's kingdom and the magistrate's power. I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him in the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. — Dan. vii. 15, 16. • - 476
SERMON XII.
god's work in founding zion. What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation 1 That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. — Isa. xiv. 32. • • • 512
SERMON XIII. god's presence a people's prosperity. And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin ; The Lord is with you, while ye be with him ; and if ve seek him he will be found of you j but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.— 2 Chron. xv, 2. 547