A digital library of the English Puritans and their spiritual heirs. All texts but one are in the public domain.
Wilhelmus à Brakel is the one exception to the public domain: his Christian’s Reasonable Service is Bartel Elshout’s translation (Reformation Heritage Books, 1992–95), in copyright and freely distributed by the publisher.
65 works · 1,709 notes across 19 authors.
John Owen
John Owen (1616–1683), the greatest of the English Puritan theologians, was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford and the leading Independent divine of his age. His complete works are gathered here.
Author index: John Owen
- Brief Declaration and Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity — A concise defense of the Trinity and the deity of Christ against Socinian cavils. (8 notes)
- Brief Instruction in the Worship of God — A catechism on gospel worship and the ordinances of the church. (54 notes)
- Death of Death in the Death of Christ — His classic defense of particular redemption — Christ’s death actually saves those for whom he died. (40 notes)
- Discourse concerning Evangelical Love, Church Peace, and Unity — On the peace and unity of the churches grounded in evangelical love. (7 notes)
- Discourse Concerning Liturgies, and their Imposition — Against the imposition of prescribed liturgies upon the conscience. (12 notes)
- Display of Arminianism — His first published work, exposing the errors of Arminian theology. (18 notes)
- Dissertation on Divine Justice — On the necessity of divine vindicatory justice. (22 notes)
- Doctrine of Justification by Faith — A full treatment of justification by the imputed righteousness of Christ. (42 notes)
- Doctrine of the Saints’ Perseverance Explained and Confirmed — His major defense of the final perseverance of the saints. (25 notes)
- Duty of Pastors and People Distinguished — On the distinct duties of ministers and their congregations. (13 notes)
- Eshcol; a Cluster of the Fruit of Canaan — Rules of church fellowship — a foretaste of the fruit of Canaan. (28 notes)
- Gospel Grounds and Evidences of the Faith of God’s Elect — On the marks and assurance of saving faith. (8 notes)
- Grace and Duty of being Spiritually Minded — On heavenly-mindedness as the life and peace of the soul. (25 notes)
- Inquiry into the Original, Nature, Institution, Power, Order, and Communion of Evangelical Churches — On the nature and order of gospel churches. (34 notes)
- Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ — His dying meditations on beholding the glory of Christ. (19 notes)
- Nature and Causes of Apostasy from the Gospel — On the causes and cure of declension from the gospel. (17 notes)
- Nature, Power, Deceit, and Prevelancy of the Remainders of Indwelling Sin in Believers — On the power and deceit of remaining sin in the believer. (20 notes)
- Of Communion with God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost — On the believer’s distinct communion with each Person of the Godhead. (31 notes)
- Of Schism — A treatise on the true nature of schism. (28 notes)
- Of Temptation — On the nature and danger of entering into temptation. (11 notes)
- Of the Mortification of Sin in Believers — His celebrated treatise on putting sin to death by the Spirit. (16 notes)
- Pneumatologia — His monumental discourse on the Person and work of the Holy Spirit. (91 notes)
- Poema — Latin verse. (2 notes)
- Practical Exposition upon Psalm Cxxx — An exposition of Psalm 130 on forgiveness and evangelical repentance. (57 notes)
- Review of the Annotations of Hugo Grotius — A critical review of Grotius’s biblical annotations. (3 notes)
- Sacramental Discourses — Short addresses delivered at the Lord’s Table. (32 notes)
- Sermons of John Owen — His collected sermons. (116 notes)
- Several Practical Cases of Conscience Resolved — Practical resolutions of cases of conscience. (15 notes)
- Treatise of the Dominion of Sin and Grace — On the reign of sin and the greater reign of grace. (10 notes)
- Truth and Innocence Vindicated — A defense of nonconformity against Samuel Parker. (9 notes)
- Two Short Catechisms — A lesser and a greater catechism. (31 notes)
- Vindiciæ Evangelicæ or, the Mystery of the Gospel Vindicated and Socinianism Examined — His large refutation of Socinianism. (47 notes)