Of Temptation

Name: Of Temptation
Author: John Owen

John Owen (1616–1683) was the foremost Puritan theologian of seventeenth-century England. A child prodigy at Oxford, he became dean of Christ Church and vice-chancellor of the university under Cromwell, while preaching and writing works of great depth. The Mortification of Sin, Communion with God, and his massive exposition of Hebrews — many of them in our library — still define Puritan divinity at its most searching and exact.

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First published: 1658
Category: Holiness
Length: 32k words · about 2 hours
Chapters: 11
Narration: 🎧 Volunteer Readers

About this book

John Owen's treatise on temptation, published in 1658, built on Christ's command to watch and pray, lest we enter into temptation. Owen explains how temptation works, why even strong Christians are in danger from it, and what means God has given for resisting it. Searching and practical, it is Puritan pastoral care at its most discerning.

Prefatory note.
To the reader.
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter I.
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter II. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter III. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter IV. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter V. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter VI. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter VII. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter VIII. 🔒
Of Temptation: the Nature and Power of it; the Danger of Entering into it; and the Means of Preventing that Danger · Chapter IX. 🔒