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Several Practical Cases of Conscience Resolved

Several Practical Cases of Conscience Resolved

by 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
1683
Category
Holiness
Length
24k words · about 2 hours
Chapters
15

About this book

A collection of John Owen's resolutions of practical cases of conscience, published in 1683. Troubled believers brought Owen real questions — about assurance, scruples, duties, and doubts — and he answers them from Scripture with care and discrimination. It shows the Puritan pastor at work: tender with the weak, firm against error, and always directing consciences to Christ.

Contents

  1. Prefatory note.
  2. Discourse I. Conviction of sin.
  3. Discourse II. Evidence of an interest in Christ. 🔒
  4. Discourse III. Concern of Christians in public and national sin. 🔒
  5. Discourse IV. Recovery from spiritual decay. 🔒
  6. Discourse V. The ground of an application to Christ. 🔒
  7. Discourse VI. How to apply to Christ for grace. 🔒
  8. Discourse VII. On faith as to the answer to prayer. 🔒
  9. Discourse VIII. When is sin habitually prevalent? 🔒
  10. Discourse IX. Is habitual sin consistent with grace? 🔒
  11. Discourse X. How to deal with prevailing sin. 🔒
  12. Discourse XI. Christian duty in dark dispensations. 🔒
  13. Discourse XII. Preparation for the coming of Christ. 🔒
  14. Discourse XIII. The contest between Christ and Antichrist. 🔒
  15. Discourse XIV. Christian duty under divine warnings. 🔒

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