WORKS
of
JOHN OWEN, D.D.
edited by
THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D.,
edinburgh
VOL. III
EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET
london: hamilton, adams, and co. dublin: john robertson
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OR,
A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chap. I.—General Principles concerning the Holy Spirit and His Work.—1 Cor. 12:1 opened—Πνευματικά, spiritual gifts—Their grant unto, use and abuse in, that church—Jesus, how called “anathema”—Impiety of the Jews—How called “Lord”—The foundation of church order and worship—In what sense we are enabled by the Spirit to call Jesus “Lord”—The Holy Spirit the author of all gifts—Why called “God” and “Lord”—General distribution of spiritual gifts—Proper end of their communication—Nine sorts of gifts—Abuse of them in the church—Their tendency unto peace and order—General design of the ensuing discourse concerning the Spirit and his dispensation—Importance of the doctrine concerning the Spirit of God and his operations—Reasons hereof—Promise of the Spirit to supply the absence of Christ, as to his human nature—Concernment thereof—Work of the Spirit in the ministration of the gospel—All saving good communicated unto us and wrought in us by him—Sin against the Holy Ghost irremissible—False pretences unto the Spirit dangerous—Pretences unto the Spirit of prophecy under the Old Testament—Two sorts of false prophets: the first; the second sort—Pretenders under the New Testament—The rule for the trial of such pretenders, 1 John 4:1–3—Rules to this purpose under the Old and New Testaments compared—A false spirit, set up against the Spirit of God, examined—False and noxious opinions concerning the Spirit, and how to be obviated—Reproaches of the Spirit and his work—Principles and occasions of the apostasy of churches under the law and gospel—Dispensation of the Spirit not confined to the first ages of the church—The great necessity of a diligent inquiry into the things taught concerning the Spirit of God and his work,
Chap. II.—The Name and Titles of the Holy Spirit.—Of the name of the Holy Spirit—Various uses of the words רוּחַ and πνεῦμα—רוּחַ for the wind or any thing invisible with a sensible agitation, Amos 4:13—Mistakes of the ancients rectified by Hierom—רוּחַ metaphorically for vanity, metonymically for the part or quarter of any thing; for our vital breath, the rational soul, the affections, angels good and bad—Ambiguity from the use of the word, how to be removed—Rules concerning the Holy Spirit—The name “Spirit,” how peculiar and appropriate unto him—Why he is called the “Holy Spirit”—Whence called the “Good Spirit,” the “Spirit of God,” the “Spirit of the Son”—Acts 2:33, 1 Pet. 1:10, 11, explained—1 John 4:3, vindicated,
Chap. III.—Divine Nature and Personality of the Holy Spirit Proved and Vindicated.—Ends of our consideration of the dispensation of the Spirit—Principles premised thereunto—The nature of God the ...
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About Works of John Owen: Volume 3Owen begins his examination of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in this volume, which he completes in volume four. In particular, Owen explores the identity and mission of the Holy Spirit, the role of the Holy Spirit in the Old and New Testament, and the work of the Holy Spirit in sanctification, obedience, and holiness. |
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