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1 Christologia by John Owen Christologia John Owen Table of Contents About This Book.. p. ii Christologia : or a Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ God and Man.. p. 1. Prefatory .. p. 2. The .. p. 4. A Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ.. p. 22. Chapter I: Peter's Confession; Matt. xvi. 16 Conceits of the Papists thereon The Substance and Excellency of that .. p. 23. Chapter II: Opposition made unto the Church as built upon the Person of .. p. 28. Chapter III: The Person of Christ the most ineffable Effect of Divine Wisdom and Goodness Thence the next Cause of all True Religion In what sense it is .. p. 35. Chapter IV: The Person of Christ the Foundation of all the Counsels of.

2 P. 42. Chapter V: The Person of Christ the great Representative of God and his .. p. 50. Chapter VI: The Person of Christ the great Repository of Sacred Truth . Its Relation .. p. 60. Chapter VII: Power and Efficacy Communicated unto the Office of Christ, for the Salvation of the Church, from his .. p. 65. Chapter VIII: The Faith of the Church under the Old Testament in and concerning the Person of .. p. 76. Chapter IX: Honour due to the Person of Christ The Nature and Causes of .. p. 79. Chapter X: The Principle of the Assignation of Divine Honour unto the Person of Christ, in both the Branches of it; which is Faith in .. p. 91. Chapter XI: Obedience unto Christ The Nature and Causes of .. p. 102. Chapter XII: The especial Principle of Obedience unto the Person of Christ.

3 Which is Love Its Truth and Reality .. p. 106. Chapter XIII: The Nature, Operations, and Causes of Divine Love, as it respects the Person of .. p. 114. Chapter XIV: Motives unto the Love of .. p. 123. Chapter XV: Conformity unto Christ, and Following his .. p. 129. Christologia John Owen Table of Contents About This Book.. p. ii Christologia : or a Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ God and Man.. p. 1. Prefatory .. p. 2. The .. p. 4. A Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of the Person of Christ.. p. 22. Chapter I: Peter's Confession; Matt. xvi. 16 Conceits of the Papists thereon The Substance and Excellency of that .. p. 23. Chapter II: Opposition made unto the Church as built upon the Person of.

4 P. 28. Chapter III: The Person of Christ the most ineffable Effect of Divine Wisdom and Goodness Thence the next Cause of all True Religion In what sense it is .. p. 35. Chapter IV: The Person of Christ the Foundation of all the Counsels of .. p. 42. Chapter V: The Person of Christ the great Representative of God and his .. p. 50. Chapter VI: The Person of Christ the great Repository of Sacred Truth . Its Relation .. p. 60. Chapter VII: Power and Efficacy Communicated unto the Office of Christ, for the Salvation of the Church, from his .. p. 65. Chapter VIII: The Faith of the Church under the Old Testament in and concerning the Person of .. p. 76. Chapter IX: Honour due to the Person of Christ The Nature and Causes of.

5 P. 79. Chapter X: The Principle of the Assignation of Divine Honour unto the Person of Christ, in both the Branches of it; which is Faith in .. p. 91. Chapter XI: Obedience unto Christ The Nature and Causes of .. p. 102. Chapter XII: The especial Principle of Obedience unto the Person of Christ;. which is Love Its Truth and Reality .. p. 106. Chapter XIII: The Nature, Operations, and Causes of Divine Love, as it respects the Person of .. p. 114. Chapter XIV: Motives unto the Love of .. p. 123. Chapter XV: Conformity unto Christ, and Following his .. p. 129. iii Christologia John Owen Chapter XVI: An humble Inquiry into, and Prospect of, the infinite Wisdom of God, in the Constitution of the Person of Christ, and the Way of Salvation.

6 P. 136. Chapter XVII: Other Evidences of Divine Wisdom in the Contrivance of the Work of Redemption in and by the Person of Christ, in Effects Evidencing a Condecency .. p. 156. Chapter XVIII: The Nature of the Person of Christ, and the Hypostatical Union of his Natures .. p. 169. Chapter XIX: The Exaltation of Christ, with his Present State and Condition in Glory during the Continuance of his Mediatory .. p. 179. Chapter XX: The Exercise of the Mediatory Office of Christ in .. p. 191. Indexes.. p. 206. Index of Scripture References.. p. 206. Index of Citations.. p. 209. Index of Names.. p. 210. Greek Words and Phrases.. p. 212. Hebrew Words and Phrases.. p. 215. Latin Words and Phrases.. p. 216. Index of Pages of the Print Edition.

7 P. 219. iv Christologia John Owen 1. : OR, A DECLARATION OF THE GLORIOUS MYSTERY. OF. THE PERSON OF CHRIST GOD AND MAN: WITH. THE INFINITE WISDOM, LOVE, AND POWER OF GOD IN THE CONTRIVANCE AND. CONSTITUTION THEREOF;. AS ALSO, OF THE GROUNDS AND REASONS OF HIS INCARNATION;. THE NATURE OF HIS MINISTRY IN HEAVEN;. THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CHURCH ABOVE THEREON;. AND THE USE OF HIS PERSON IN RELIGION: WITH. AN ACCOUNT AND VINDICATION OF THE HONOUR, WORSHIP, FAITH, LOVE, AND OBEDIENCE DUE UNTO HIM, IN AND FROM THE CHURCH. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I. may win Christ.

8 Phil. iii. 8. Christologia John Owen 2. Prefatory Note. The object of Dr Owen in this treatise is to illustrate the mystery of divine grace in the person of Christ. It bears the title, Christologia ; but it differs considerably from modern works of the same title or character. It is not occupied with a formal induction from Scripture in proof of the supreme Godhead of the Saviour. Owen assumes the truth of this doctrine, and applies all his powers and resources to expound its relations in the Christian system, and its bearings on Christian duty and experience. Chapter I. of the work is devoted to an exposition of Matt. xvi. 16, as a warrant and basis for his inquiry respecting the person of Christ. Chapter II. contains some historical references to the opposition encountered by this doctrine in past ages.

9 From Chapter III. to VII. inclusive, the person of Christ is exhibited as the origin of all true religion, the foundation of the divine counsel, the representation of the divine nature and will, the embodiment and sum of divine truth, and the source of divine and gracious efficacy for the salvation of the church. The faith of the Old Testament Church respecting it is illustrated in Chapter VIII. Then follows the second leading division of the treatise, in which the divine honours and obedience due to Christ, and our obligation to seek conformity to him, are urged at some length, from Chapter IX. to XV. It is followed in Chapters XVI. and XVII. with an inquiry into the divine wisdom as manifested in the person of Christ.

10 The hypostatical union is explained, Chapter XVIII. Two more Chapters, XIX. and XX., close the work, with a dissertation on the exaltation of Christ, and the mode in which he discharges his mediatorial functions in heaven. The treatise was first published in 1679. We are not informed under what particular circumstances Owen was led to prepare it. There is internal evidence in the work itself that he laboured under a strong impression of the peril in which evangelical religion would be involved, if views of the person of Christ, either positively unsound or simple vague and defective, obtained currency in the British churches. His acquaintance with the early history of the church taught him that against this doctrine the persevering assaults of Satan had been directed; and, with sagacious foresight, he anticipated the rise of heresy on this point in England.