by John Owen
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This is a outstanding book which will lead you into wider, richer biblical pastures for a fuller biblical piety and understanding of the Lord's supper. One of our greatest needs today is to put down deep roots into the gospel. Virtually every significant Christian leader from within the Reformed/evangelical tradition who plans on serving Christ faithfully and fruitfully over the long haul, should read John Owen with care and appreciation..John Owen’s twenty-five discourses on the Lord's Supper are a balm to the believer but are little known and little read, even among those who value his massive contribution to theology. Owen appears less concerned to define and defend doctrine than to comfort and help even the weakest of believers as they come to the Lord’s Supper. The great and lasting value of this work comes from Owen’s obvious desire to promote ‘delight in Christ, thankfulness unto him, and the keeping of his word’, in all who partake.
Own defends the Calvinistic-Vermiglian tradition and yet establishes his own sacramental position. The sacraments are, as Calvin calls them, 'instruments' of grace. It is through these that, according to Owen, God confirms and seals His covenant with His people. For Owen the exercise of faith calls us to submit to the authority of Christ, to rest on the veracity of Christ, and to understand in some measure the spiritual relation between symbols and grace.
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Table of Contents
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR
Epistle Dedicatory
Preface
DISCOURSE I —"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."—2 COR. 5:21
DISCOURSES II —"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?"—1 COR. 10:16
DISCOURSES III —"The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?"—1 COR. 10:16
DISCOURSE IV —"As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come."—1 COR. 11:26
DISCOURSES V —"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup."—1 COR. 11:28
DISCOURSES VI —"But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup."—1 COR. 11:28
DISCOURSE VII —"He said,.… Take, eat."—1 COR. 11:24
DISCOURSE VIII —"Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."—1 PET. 3:18
DISCOURSE IX .—"They worshipped him; but some doubted."—MATT. 28:17
DISCOURSE X —"Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."—MATT. 28:20
DISCOURSE XI —"He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied."—ISA. 53:11
DISCOURSE XII —"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death."—PHIL. 3:10
DISCOURSES XIII — For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come."—1 COR. 11:23–26
DISCOURSES XIV — For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come."—1 COR. 11:23–26
DISCOURSES XV —"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."—JOHN 12:32
DISCOURSES XVI —"And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me."—JOHN 12:32
DISCOURSE XVII —"And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat," etc.—LEV 16:21
DISCOURSES XVIII —"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."—GAL. 2:20
DISCOURSES XIX —"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."—GAL. 2:20
DISCOURSE XX —"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost, which is given unto us."—ROM. 5:5
DISCOURSE XXI —"And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge."—EPH. 3:19
DISCOURSE XXII —"And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."—MATT. 3:17
DISCOURSE XXIII —"As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup," etc.—1 COR. 11:26
DISCOURSE XXIV —"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus."—2 COR. 4:10
DISCOURSE XXV —"Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you."—JOHN 6:53