Introduction Section 8 of Chapter 1 of the Second London Baptist Confession (2LBC), on The Holy Scriptures, reads as follows, The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, the native language …
Owen on the Covenant of Redemption
John Owen, vol. 12, Vindication of the Gospel, chapter 27, p. 497: It is true, the will of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, is but one. It is …
Special Care and Providence
How can you know that what we have is actually the Word of God given through the original writers? God has kept His Word pure and brought it to us down through the ages.
With Dust and Ashes
There is infinite grace in every divine covenant, inasmuch as it is established on promises. Infinite condescension it is in God that he will enter into covenant with dust and …
Given That Which is Commanded
At the same time that much is required of us in the way of duty and obedience, we are told in the Scripture, and find it by experience, that of …
God’s Sovereign Proposal: Advantage, Happiness, Blessing
It becomes his greatness and goodness, in all his voluntary transactions with his creatures, to propose that to them in which their advantage, their happiness and blessedness, does consist. We …
John Owen, on the Ministry
The Lord Christ, by undertaking this office of the ministry, has consecrated and made honorable that office to all that are rightly called to it, and do rightly discharge it. …
The Covenant of Works and the Misery of Devils
With regard to the promised reward it was a covenant of rich bounty and goodness. But it did not include or intimate the least iota of pardoning mercy. While its …
Does the Holy Spirit Pray for Christians?
Some John Owen schooling.