The Doctrine of Justification by Faith

by John Owen

This version comes complete with actively linked table of contents of ease of navigation. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith, through the Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ; explained, confirmed, and vindicated John Owen’s masterly account of justification by faith is straightforward biblical exposition, massive, fresh, compelling and practical. Of all the many Puritan treatments of justification, Owen’s is without doubt the richest. Table of Contents Prefatory Note To the Reader General considerations Chapter I. Justifying faith; the causes and object of it declared Chapter II. The nature of justifying faith Chapter III. The use of faith in justification; its especial object farther cleared Chapter IV. Of justification; the notion and signification of the word in Scripture Chapter V. The distinction of a first and second justification examined Chapter VI. Evangelical personal righteousness, the nature and use of it Chapter VII. Imputation, and the nature of it; with the imputation of the righteousness of Christ in particular Chapter VIII. Imputation of the sins of the church unto Christ Chapter IX. The formal cause of justification Chapter X. Arguments for justification by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ Chapter XI. The nature of the obedience that God requires of us Chapter XII. The imputation of the obedience of Christ unto the law declared and vindicated Chapter XIII. The nature of justification proved from the difference of the covenants Chapter XIV. The exclusion of all sorts of works from an interest in justification Chapter XV. Faith alone Chapter XVI. The truth pleaded farther confirmed by testimonies of Scripture. — Jer. xxiii. 6 Chapter XVII. Testimonies out of the evangelists considered Chapter XVIII. The nature of justification as declared in the epistles of St Paul, in that unto the Romans especially. XIX. Objections against the doctrine of justification by the imputation of the righteousness of Christ Chapter XX. The doctrine of the apostle James concerning faith and works — Its agreement with that of St Paul

Genres: Theology, Christian, Christianity, Faith

747 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1677

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

[Josh Shelton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Precision was great, and thoughtfulness fantastic. Writing attractiveness, not so good. Brilliant and holy man, a great theologian. Rough author, though. All around great work on Justification.

[Simon Wartanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

A majestic treatment by my favorite Puritan of the article on which the church stands or falls. As anyone who has read Owen may know, he can be lengthy at times and gets into digressions, as he himself also says. But those who persevere will gain many insights and will be satisfied by the truth which he proclaims from the Holy Scriptures that we are justified by the imputation of Christ's righteousness imputed to us and that by means of faith alone.

[David]

Truly fantastic. I'd been looking for something that would explain how justification and covenant theology relate. This book does that and much more. Owen, as usual, is a bit hard to read but worth the effort.

[Inwoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this two times. This book is in a good way dense like biting into a thick brownie made by Sara Lee. It is a must read for those wanting to go deep into the doctrine of justification.