An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, vol. 7
Overview
Volume Seven contains John Owen’s exposition of Hebrews 11:1–13:25.
Praise for the Print Edition
This greatest work of John Owen is a work of gigantic strength as well as gigantic size; and he who has mastered it is very little short…of being an erudite and accomplished theologian.
—Thomas Chalmers
For solidity, profundity, massiveness and majesty in exhibiting from Scripture God’s ways with sinful mankind there is no one to touch him.
—J. I. Packer
. . . the greatest theologian who has ever written in the English language.
—Roger Nicole
Product Details
- Title: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, vol. 7
- Author: John Owen
- Publisher: Logos Research Systems
- Publication Date: 2009
- Pages: 524
About John Owen
John Owen was born at Stadhampton, Oxfordshire in 1616. He entered Queen's College, Oxford, at the age of twelve and completed his M.A. in classics and theology in 1635 at the age of nineteen. He was ordained shortly thereafter and left the university to be a chaplain to the family of a noble lord. His first parish, in 1637, was at Fordham in Essex, to which he went while England was involved in civil war. It was here that he became convinced that the Congregational way was the scriptural form of church government. In the 1640s he became chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, the new "Protector of England," and traveled with him on his expeditions to Ireland and Scotland. Between 1651 and 1660, he played a prominent part in the religious, political, and academic life of the nation. In 1651 he was appointed dean of Christ Church and in 1652 made Vice-Chancellor of Oxford—positions which allowed him to train ministers for the Cromwellian state church. He lost his position in 1660, however, when the restoration of the monarchy began after the death of Cromwell in 1658. Owen moved to London and led the Puritans through the bitter years of religious and political persecution—experiences which shaped his theological inquiry, pastoral reflection, and preaching. He later declined not only invitations to the ministry in Boston in 1663, but also an offer to become president of Harvard in 1670. He died in August, 1683.
Sample Pages from the Print Edition
Top Highlights
“We are to lay it aside absolutely and universally, as unto design and endeavour. We cannot in this life attain unto perfection in holiness, yet this is that which we are to endeavour all the days of our lives: so, though we cannot absolutely and perfectly destroy the body of death, crucify the old man in its lusts utterly by a total death, and so lay aside indwelling sin, yet it is our duty to be endeavouring of it all our days.” (Page 231)
“It is faith alone that takes believers out of this world whilst they are in it, that exalts them above it whilst they are under its rage; that enables them to live upon things future and invisible, giving such a real subsistence unto their power in them, and victorious evidence of their reality and truth in themselves, as secures them from fainting under all oppositions, temptations, and persecutions whatever.” (Pages 12–13)
“And it is in both places spoken of as that which exceeds in earnestness and diligence in the seeking of it. It is that which will fly from us, and which we must with all earnestness pursue, or we shall not overtake it.” (Page 285)
“We are not to do it by a compliance with them in any evil;—not by a neglect of any duty; not by any thing that intrencheth on holiness towards God. Peace with men is not to be followed nor practised at any such rate. We must eternally bid defiance unto that peace with men which is inconsistent with peace with God.” (Page 285)
“And this destruction of the Egyptians, with the deliverance of Israel thereby, was a type and pledge of the victory and triumph which the church shall have over its antichristian adversaries, Rev. 15:2–4.” (Page 174)
- Title: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews, Volume 7
- Author: John Owen
- Series: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Owen)
- Volume: 24
- Publisher: Johnstone and Hunter
- Print Publication Date: 1854
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Theology › Early works to 1800; Puritans; Bible. N.T. Hebrews › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:WORKSOWEN24
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T07:37:05Z
John Owen (1616–1683) is considered one of the most influential and inspiring theologians of the seventeenth century. He entered Queen's College, Oxford, at the age of twelve and completed his M.A. in classics and theology at the age of nineteen.
His first parish was at Fordham in Essex where he became convinced that the Congregational polity was the scriptural form of church government. In the 1640s he became chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, the new "Protector of England," and traveled with him on his expeditions to Ireland and Scotland.
In 1651 he was appointed dean of Christ Church and in 1652 made Vice-Chancellor of Oxford—positions which allowed him to train ministers for the Cromwellian state church. Owen later moved to London and led the Puritans through the bitter years of religious and political persecution—experiences which shaped his theological inquiry, pastoral reflection, and preaching. Owen authored one of the richest commentaries on the book of Hebrews, An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews which are also included in The Works of John Owen along with sermons and essays.
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