Philip Craig’s analysis shows very clearly what was at issue here, and how completely and crushingly, without naming names, Owen outflanks and undercuts this widespread Puritan form of easy-believism. It is a thorough, painstaking and definitive piece of work that carries more of a message for the church of our time than doctoral theses usually do. What a privilege it is to introduce and commend such a worth-while book as this.
— J.I. Packer
254 pages
Contents
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Owen’s Doctrine of Preparation for Grace and Glory . . . . 9
2. Seventeenth-Century English Antinomianism . . . . . . . . . 41
3. The New England Antinomian Controversy . . . . . . . . . . 58
4. The Bond of Grace and Duty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
5. The Means of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6. Preparation for Grace: Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
7. Preparation for Grace: Conviction of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
8. Preparation for Grace: Legal Reformation . . . . . . . . . . 130
9. Regeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
10. The Importance of Being Spiritually Minded . . . . . . . 155
11. Preparation for Glory: Conflict Against Sin . . . . . . . . . 166
12. Preparation for Glory: The Mortification of Sin . . . . . . 184
13. Preparation for Glory: Prayer and Meditation
on the Glory of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
14. Preparation for Glory: Obedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
15. Conclusion and Contemporary Observations . . . . . . . .226
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Index of Scripture References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Index of Names and Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
The Bond of Grace and Duty — In the Soteriology of John Owen is in the following collections:
