Sin and Grace

Works of John Owen #7

by John Owen, William H. Goold (Editor)

Despite his other achievements, Owen is best famed for his writings. These cover the range of doctrinal, ecclesiastical and practical subjects. They are characterized by profundity, thoroughness and, consequently, authority. Andrew Thomson said that Owen 'makes you feel when he has reached the end of his subject, that he has also exhausted it.' Although many of his works were called forth by the particular needs of his own day they all have a uniform quality of timelessness. Owen s works were republished in full in the nineteenth century. Owen is surely the Prince of the Puritans. 'To master his works', says Spurgeon, 'is to be a profound theologian.'

Genres: Theology, Christian

560 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1965

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

[Ronnie Nichols]

As with previous volumes, I am quite pleased to know that not only is John Owen an amazing theologian but he also has a pastor's heart and is able to write and encourage the everyday Christian just as capably as challenging the greatest of scholars. This volume covers the nature of apostasy, spiritual mindedness, and the dominion of sin and grace. Plenty to chew on here! Biblical sound and convicting. Can't wait to get started on Volume 8! Highly recommend.

[Brian]

The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded - 5/4/04; read Puritan paperback 7/2010; reread unabridged version 2016;
Apostasy from the Gospel - 8/31/11
Reread Dominion of Sin & Grace - 4/28/16

[James Hogan]

This book was encouraging for my soul. My life-long march through the works of Owen continues. I shan’t go into this one in great detail, but as always with Owen, I found this book to be a fantastic aid to my daily walk with my Lord. The main discourses in this one are on apostasy and spiritual-mindedness. While the first half on apostasy was good and worth the read, the second discourse on being spiritual minded was truly ever so encouraging and convicting for my soul. I’ve mentioned this before upon reading Owen, but I don’t see his works as being primarily about gaining theological knowledge. Yes, there is that, but I don’t read Owen to gain more facts about God or the faith. Instead, reading Owen spurs me on to think about Christ more and to long to draw closer to my Lord. His writing can be tedious and overly discursive at times, yet somehow even as I wade through these waters, I find myself thinking ever more on what it means to be a Christian and how I want to fill my mind with the things of the Lord over and against the things of this world. Perhaps not for everyone, but for me, this was a beautiful devotional read and a book I’m most grateful to have read.

[Jeremy Lee]

Volume 7 on Sin and Grace consists of three works: 1. Apostasy, 2. On Spiritual Mindedness, 3. On the Dominion of Sin and Grace. The best of the three was On the Dominion of Sin and Grace. It was short and much easier to read than the other two. I got lost in the argument of Spiritual Mindedness with all of Owen's sub-points. I still benefited from reading it. This is the sixth book I've read of 16 volumes.

[Cameron Borders]

3 works in this volume. 1. On Apostasy from the gospel (4 stars) 2. The Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded (6 Stars). 3 On the Dominion of Sin and Grace (5 stars)