THE

WORKS

OF

JOHN OWEN, D.D.

EDITED BY

THE REV. WILLIAM H. GOOLD, D.D.,

EDINBURGH.

VOL. XVI.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, 38, GEORGE STREET.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO. DUBLIN: JOHN ROBERTSON

MDCCCLXII.

MURRAY AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

II. Of the formal cause of a particular church,

25

III. Of the polity, rule, or discipline, of the church in general,

30

IV. -The officers of the church,

42

V. The especial duty of pastors of churches,

74

VI. Of the office of teachers in the church, or an inquiry into the state, condition,

and work, of those called teachers in the Scripture,

97

VII. Of the rule of the church, or of ruling elders,

106

VIII. The nature of church polity or rule, with the duty of elders,

130

IX. Of deacons,

143

X.-Of excommunication,

151

XI. Of the communion of churches,

183

A LETTER CONCERNING EXCOMMUNICATION.

PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITOR,

210

A Letter concerning the matter of the present Excommunications,