THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN OWEN, D.D.

EDITED

BY THOMAS RUSSELL, M. A.

WITH

MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,

BY WILLIAM ORME.

· VOL. XVII.

CONTAINING

THIRTEEN SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS;
TWENTY-FIVE DISCOURSES SUITABLE TO THE LORD'S SUPPER;

THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF APOSTACY;
SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT UNION AMONG PROTESTANTS; AND THE

STATE AND FATE OF THE PROTESTANT RELIGION.

LONDON: .
PRINTED FOR RICHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW:
And sold by J. Parker, Oxford ; Deightop and Sons, Cambridge ; D. Brown,

Waagb and Innes, and H. S. Baynes and Co. Edinburgh ; Chalmers and
Collins, and M. Ogle, Glasgow; M. Keene, and R. M. Tims, Dublin.

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CONTENTS

THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME.

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THIRTEEN SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

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SERMON I.

THE EVERLASTING COVENANT TRE BELIEVER'S SUPPORT

UNDER DISTRESS.

Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an ever-

lasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure: for this is all my salva-

tion, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.-2 Sam. xxiii. 5.

SERMON II.

ON THE EVERLASTING COVENANT.

Although my house, &c.—2 Sam. xtiü. 5.

SERMON III.

THE MINISTRY THE GIFT OF CHRIST.

Wherefore, he saith, When he ascended up on high, be led captivity captive,

and gave gifts unto men.-Eph. iv. 8. ....

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SERMON IV.

MINISTERIAL ENDOWMENTS THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT.

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every

man severally as he will.-1 Cor. xii. 11. ........

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SERMON V.

THE DUTY OF A PASTOR. .

And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with

knowledge and understanding.–Jer. iii. 15. ...... ............