Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ, in Two Parts: I. In His Person, Office, and Grace; With the Differences Between Faith and Sight, ... of the Same Meditations Unto Unconverted Sin

by John Owen

Excerpt from Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ, in Two Parts

Fome may be pro greater Light and Knowledge unto the good -of many. And' that which I defign farther in the prefent Difcourfe, isto give a brief Account of the Necefity and Ufi', in Life and Death, of the Duty exhorted unto. Particular Motives unto the diligent Difcharge of this Duty, will be pre?'ed 1n the Difcourfe ir felfx Here fome 1 Things more general only {hall be premifed. For all Perfons not immerfed in fenfual Pleafures, not overdrencht in the Love of it this World, and prefent Things, who have any generous or noble Thoughts about their own Na lure, Being and End, are under the Ob ligation to betake themfelves unto this Contempla tion of Cbri/t and bis Glory. Without this they lhall never attain true Reft or Satisfaétion in their own Minds. He it is alone in whom the Race of Mankind may boal't and glory, on whom all' its Felicities do depend. For, 1. He it is in whom our Nature, which was de hafed as low as Hell by Apo?a/y from God, IS ex alted above the whole Creation. Our Nature in the Original Confiitution of it, in the Perfons of our firlt Parents, was crowned witb Honour and Dignity. The Image of God wherein 11: was made, and the Ddininion over the lower World where with it was intrulted, made it the Seat of Excel leney, of Beauty and of Glory. But of them all. It was at once develled and made naked by Sin, and laid grovelling in the Dull from whence it was taken. Daft tboa art, and to Du? tboa/balt return, was its righteous Doom. And all its in ternal Faculties were invaded by deformed Lulis every Thing that might render the whole nalibe unto God, whofe Image it had loft. Hence it became the Contempt of Angels, the Dominion.

345 pages, Paperback

Published August 24, 2018

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

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not an easy read because written in old English yet worth the effort for the jewels contained within it. It warns of the dangers of slothful belief, a following of Christ in action without a pursuit to know him more intimately. In excruciating detail, he makes the case that the desire and exercise to catches glimpses of the glory of Christ through the study of and meditation on scripture prepares us to effectuallyl here and to dwell in that glory hereafter.

[Seth Meyers · Rating 5 out of 5]

The soul that would know God and keep off “spiritual decays” must fix his mind on each glory of Christ.

There are 9 glories of Christ that Owen discusses. Then 3 chapters discussing the differences between faith and sight. Then 2 chapters of application first to unbelievers and then to believers.

[Inwoo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not a review, yet making a note that since part 2 is not available as a single book here on Good Reads, I mark this as “part 2” being read as a single book.