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THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN OWEN, D.D.

EDITED BY

THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D.,

EDINBURGH.

VOL. IX.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON.

MDCCCLXII.

SERMONS X.-XIII.

PROVIDENTIAL CHANGES, AN ARGUMENT FOR UNIVERSAL HOLINESS.

SERMONS.-"Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of per.

sons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness?"-2 PET. iii. 11

SERMONS XIV., XV.

THE SIN AND JUDGMENT OF SPIRITUAL BARRENNESS.

SERMONS." But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed;

they shall be given to salt."-EZEK. xlvii. 11

HUMAN POWER DEFEATED.

SERMON.-"The stout-hearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep; and none of

the men of might have found their hands."-Ps. lxxvi. 5

SERMONS XVII., XVIII.

THE DIVINE POWER OF THE GOSPEL.

SERMONS.-"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God

unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the

Greek."-Roм. i. 16

SERMONS XIX., XX.

GOD THE SAINTS' ROCK.

SERMONS." From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is over-

whelmed lead me to the Rock that is higher than I."-Ps. lxi. 2

GOSPEL CHARITY.

SERMON.-"And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfect-

ness."-COL. iii. 14.

CHRIST'S PASTORAL CARE.

SERMON.-"Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell

solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and

Gilead, as in the days of old."-MIC. vii. 14

A CHRISTIAN, GOD'S TEMPLE.

SERMON." For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell

in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and

touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and, will be a Father unto

you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."-2 COR.

.GOD'S WITHDRAWING HIS PRESENCE, THE CORRECTION OF HIS CHURCH.

SERMON." O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our

heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inherit-

ance."-ISA. lxiii. 17

THE BEAUTY AND STRENGTH OF zion.

SERMON.-"Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the

generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be

our guide even unto death."-Ps. xlviii. 12-14

PERILOUS TIMES.

SERMON." This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come."-

SERMONS XXVII-XXIX.

THE CHRISTIAN'S WORK OF DYING DAILY.

SERMONS.-"I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die

daily."-1 COR. XV. 31

THE EVIL AND DANGER OF OFFENCES.

SERMON.-"Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that

offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!"-MATT.

QUESTION.-What conviction of a state of sin, and of the guilt of sin, is necessary to

cause a soul sincerely to look after Christ?

QUESTION. Seeing the act of closing with Christ is secret and hidden, and the spe-

cial times and seasons of our conversion unto God are unknown unto most, what

are the most certain evidences and pledges that we have cordially and sincerely

received Christ, and returned unto God?.

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