The Works of John Owen

Works of John Owen #1-16

by John Owen

John Owen (1616 – August 24, 1683) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian.

Of Welsh descent, he was born at Stadhampton in Oxfordshire, and was educated at Queen's College, Oxford (B.A. 1632, M.A. 1635); at the time the college was noted, according to Thomas Fuller, for its metaphysicians. A Puritan by upbringing, in 1637 Owen was driven from Oxford by Laud's new statutes, and became chaplain and tutor in the family of Sir Robert Dormer and then in that of Lord Lovelace. At the outbreak of the English Civil War he sided with the parliament, and thus lost both his place and the prospects of succeeding to his Welsh Royalist uncle's fortune. For a while he lived in Charterhouse Yard, troubled by religious questions. His doubts were removed by a sermon preached by a stranger in Aldermanbury Chapel where he had gone intending to hear Edmund Calamy the Elder. His first publication, The Display of Arminianism (1642), was a spirited defence of Calvinism. It was dedicated to the committee of religion, and gained him the living of Fordham in Essex, from which a "scandalous minister" had been ejected.

Genres: Theology, Christian, Philosophy

717 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 1966

About the author

John Owen was an English theologian and "was without doubt not only the greatest theologian of the English Puritan movement but also one of the greatest European Reformed theologians of his day, and quite possibly possessed the finest theological mind that England ever produced" ("Owen, John", in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, p. 494)

Reviews

[Jonathan Ginn]

I only read the following select portions:

Vol. 1, pp 274-415: Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ.

Vol. 3, pp 1-46, 64-92, 152-281, 297-337, 366-527: Pneumatologia or, A Discourse Concerning the Holy Spirit.

Vol. 7, pp 262-497: The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded.

Vol. 9: Sermons to the Church
-"The Nature and Beauty of Gospel Worship"
-"The Sin and Judgment of Spiritual Barrenness"
-"The Divine Power of the Gospel"
-"Christ's Pastoral Care"
-"God's Withdrawing His Presence, the Correction of His Church"
-"The Everlasting Covenant"
-"The Duty of a Pastor"
-The Excellency of Christ"

[Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calvinist or Arminian come and rejoice in Owen 's light. He is essentially one of the best theologians that the English language has ever produced.

[Garrett Starr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Holy crackers! I'll be reading this for the rest of my life! It's incredible!