THE WORKS. OF JOHN OWEN, D. D. EDITED BY THOMAS RUSSELL, M. A. WITH MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS, VOL. XVII. CONTAINING THIRTEEN SERMONS PREACHED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS; TWENTY-FIVE DISCOURSES SUITABLE TO THE LORD'S SUPPER; THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF APOSTACY; SOME CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT UNION AMONG PROTESTANTS; AND THE LONDON: PRINTED FOR RICHARD BAYNES, 28, PATERNOSTER ROW: Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an ever- lasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure: for this is all my salva- tion, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.-2 Sam. xxiii. 5. THE MINISTRY THE GIFT OF CHRIST. Wherefore, he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, MINISTERIAL ENDOWMENTS THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every |