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THE
WORKS
OF
JOHN OWEN, D.D.
EDITED BY
THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D.,
EDINBURGH.
VOL. XIII.
EDINBURGH:
T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.
LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON.
MDCCCLXII.
MURRAY AND GIBE, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
I.-Of the administration of holy things among the patriarchs before the law,
II. Of the same among the Jews, and of the duty of that people distinct from
their church officers,
III.-Containing a digression concerning the name of "priests," the right of
Christians thereunto by their interest in the priesthood of Christ, with
the presumption of any particularly appropriating it to themselves,
IV. Of the duty of God's people in cases extraordinary concerning his wor-
ship,
V.-Of the several ways of extraordinary calling to the teaching of others-The
first way,
VI.-What assurance men extraordinarily called can give to others that they
are so called in the former way,
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VII. The second way whereby a man may be called extraordinarily,
VIII. Of the liberty and duty of gifted uncalled Christians in the exercise of
divers acts of God's worship,
ESHCOL;
A CLUSTER OF THE FRUIT OF CANAAN.
PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR,
To the Reader,
Rules of walking in fellowship, with reference to the pastor or minister
that watcheth for our souls,
Rules to be observed by those who walk in fellowship, and considered,
to stir up their remembrance in things of mutual duty one towards an-
other,
State University of lowa
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62 CHAP.
OF SCHISM
I.-Aggravations of the evil of schism, from the authority of the ancients-
Their incompetency to determine in this case, instanced in the sayings
of Austin and Jerome-The saying of Aristides-Judgment of the an-
cients subjected to disquisition-Some men's advantage in charging
others with schism-The actors' part privileged-The Romanists' inte-
rest herein-The charge of schism not to be despised-The iniquity of
accusers justifies not the accused-Several persons charged with schism
on several accounts-The design of this discourse in reference to them-
Justification of differences unpleasant-Attempts for peace and recon-
ciliation considered-Several persuasions hereabout, and endeavours of
men to that end-Their issues,
II-The nature of schism to be determined from Scripture only-This prin-
ciple by some opposed-Necessity of abiding in it-Parity of reason
allowed--Of the name of "schism"-Its constant use in Scripture-In
things civil and religious-The whole doctrine of schism in the epistles
to the Corinthians-The case of that church proposed to consideration-
Schism entirely in one church; not in the separation of any from a
church; nor in subtraction of obedience from governors-Of the second
schism in the church of Corinth Of Clement's epistle-The state of
the church of Corinth in those days: Ἐκκλησία παροικοῦσα Κόρινθον – Πάροικος,
who; παροικία, what-Πάροχος, "parecia"-To whom the epistle of Cle-
ment was precisely written-Corinth not a metropolitical church-Al-
lowance of what by parity of reason may be deduced from what is of
schism affirmed-Things required to make a man guilty of schism-
Arbitrary definitions of schism rejected-That of Austin considered; as
also that of Basil-The common use and acceptation of it in these days-
Separation from any church in its own nature not schism-Aggravations
of the evil of schism ungrounded-The evil of it from its proper nature
and consequences evinced-Inferences from the whole of this discourse-
The church of Rome, if a church, the most schismatical church in the
world-The church of Rome no church of Christ; a complete image of
the empire-Final acquitment of Protestants from schism on the prin-
ciple evinced, peculiarly of them of the late reformation in England-
False notions of schism the ground of sin and disorder,
III.-Objections against the former discourse proposed to consideration-Sepa-
ration from any church in the Scripture not called schism-Grounds of
such separation; apostasy, irregular walking, sensuality-Of separation
on the account of reformation-Of commands for separation-No example
of churches departing from the communion of one another-Of the com-
mon notion of schism, and the use made of it-Schism a breach of union
-The union instituted by Christ,
IV. Several acceptations in the Scripture of the name "church"-Of the church
catholic, properly so called-Of the church visible-Perpetuity of parti-
cular churches-A mistake rectified-The nature of the church catholic
evinced-Bellarmine's description of the church catholic-Union of the
church catholic, wherein it consists-Union by way of consequence-
Unity of faith, of love-The communion of the catholic church in and
with itself-The breach of the union of the church catholic, wherein it
consisteth-Not morally possible-Protestants not guilty of it-The
papal world out of interest in the church catholic-As partly profane-
Miracles no evidence of holiness-Partly ignorant-Self-justiciaries-
Idolatrous-Worshippers of the beast,
V. Of the catholic church visible-Of the nature thereof-In what sense the
universality of professors is called a church-Amyraldus' judgment in
this business-The union of the church in this sense, wherein it consists
-Not the same with the union of the church catholic, nor that of a par-
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ticular instituted church-Not in relation to any one officer, or more,
in subordination to one another-Such a subordination not provable-
Τὰ ἀρχαῖα of the Nicene synod-Of general councils-Union of the church
visible not in a general council-The true unity of the universality of
professors asserted-Things necessary to this union-Story of a martyr
at Bagdad-The apostasy of churches from the unity of the faith-Testi-
mony of Hegesippus vindicated-Papal apostasy-Protestants not guilty
of the breach of this unity-The catholic church, in the sense insisted
on, granted by the ancients-Not a political body,
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VI.-Romanists' charge of schism on the account of separation from the church
catholic proposed to consideration-The importance of this plea on both
sides-The sum of their charge--The church of Rome not the church
catholic; not a church in any sense-Of Antichrist in the temple-The
catholic church, how intrusted with interpretation of Scripture-Of in-
terpretation of Scripture by tradition-The interest of the Roman
church herein discharged-All necessary truths believed by Protestants
-No contrary principle by them manifested-Profane persons no mem-
bers of the church catholic-Of the late Roman proselytes-Of the Dona-
tists-Their business reported and case stated-The present state of
things unsuited to that of old-Apostasy from the unity of the church
catholic charged on the Romanists-Their claim to be that church san-
guinary, false-Their plea to this purpose considered-The blasphemous
management of their plea by some of late-The whole dissolved-Their
inferences on their plea practically prodigious-Their apostasy proved
by instances-Their grand argument in this case proposed; answered-
Consequences of denying the Roman church to be a church of Christ
weighed,
VII. Of a particular church; its nature-Frequently mentioned in Scripture-
Particular congregations acknowledged the only churches of the first in-
stitution--What ensued on the multiplication of churches-Some things
premised to clear the unity of the church in this sense-Every believer
ordinarily obliged to join himself to some particular church-Many
things in instituted worship answering a natural principle-Perpetuity
of the church in this sense-True churches at first planted in England-
How they ceased so to be-How churches may be again re-erected-Of
the union of a particular church in itself-Foundation of that union
twofold-The union itself-Of the communion of particular churches
one with another-Our concernment in this union,
VIII. Of the church of England-The charge of schism in the name thereof pro-
posed and considered-Several considerations of the church of England
-In what sense we were members of it-Of Anabaptism-The subjection
due to bishops-Their power examined-Its original in this nation-Of
the ministerial power of bishops-Its present continuance-Of the church
of England, what it is-Its description-Form peculiar and constitutive
-Answer to the charge of schism, on separation from it in its episcopal
constitution-How and by what means it was taken away-Things ne-
cessary to the constitution of such a church proposed and offered to
proof-The second way of constituting a national church considered-
Principles agreed on and consented unto between the parties at variance
on this account-Judgment of Amyraldus in this case-Inferences from
the common principles before consented unto-The case of schism, in
reference to a national church in the last sense, debated-Of particular
churches, and separation from them-On what accounts justifiable-No
necessity of joining to this or that Separation from some so called, re-
quired-Of the church of Corinth-The duty of its members-Austin's
judgment of the practice of Elijah-The last objection waived-Infer-
ences upon the whole,
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