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A Brief Instruction in the Worship of God

John Owen

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A Brief Instruction in the Worship of God — John Owen.

Author: John Owen

42 chapters
88 PDF pages
48,329 words
≈ 372 min read
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1Question 1 — What doth God require of us in our dependence on him, that he may be glorified by us, and we accepted with
pp. 10–10 · ≈ 5 min 2Question 2 — By what means do we come to know that God will thus be worshipped?
pp. 11–11 · ≈ 4 min 3Question 3 — How, then, are these ways and means of the worship of God made known unto us?
pp. 12–12 · ≈ 5 min 4Question 4 — Have these ways and means been always the same from the beginning?
pp. 13–13 · ≈ 6 min 5Question 5 — Is there any farther alteration to be expected in or of those institutions and ordinances of worship which
pp. 14–14 · ≈ 5 min 6Question 6 — May not such an estate of faith and perfection in obedience be attained in this life, as wherein believers
pp. 15–15 · ≈ 5 min 7Question 7 — What are the chief things that we ought to aim at in our observation of the institutions of Christ in the g
pp. 16–16 · ≈ 4 min 8Question 8 — How may we sanctify the name of God in the use of gospel institutions?
pp. 17–19 · ≈ 15 min 9Question 10 — How do we in and by them build up ourselves in our most holy faith?
pp. 20–20 · ≈ 5 min 10Question 11 — How are mutual love and communion among believers testified and confirmed in their observation?
pp. 21–21 · ≈ 5 min 11Question 12 — What is principally to be attended unto by us in the manner of the celebration of the worship of God, and
pp. 22–23 · ≈ 11 min 12Question 13 — Are not some institutions of the New Testament ceased as to any obligation unto their observation, and the
pp. 24–24 · ≈ 4 min 13Question 14 — May not the church find out, and appoint to be observed, such religious rites as, being adjoined unto the
pp. 25–27 · ≈ 16 min 14Question 15 — Whence may it appear that the right and due observation of instituted worship is of great importance unto
pp. 28–31 · ≈ 21 min 15Question 16 — Is there yet any consideration that may stir up believers to a holy and religious care about the due obser
pp. 32–32 · ≈ 5 min 16Question 17 — Which are the principal institutions of the gospel to be observed in the worship of God?
pp. 33–33 · ≈ 4 min 17Question 18 — Whereas sundry of these things are founded in the light and law of nature, as requisite unto all solemn wo
pp. 34–34 · ≈ 4 min 18Question 19 — What is an instituted church of the gospel?
pp. 35–39 · ≈ 27 min 19Question 20 — By what means do persons so called become a church of Christ?
pp. 40–42 · ≈ 16 min 20Question 21 — Seeing the church is a society or spiritual incorporation of persons under rule, government, or discipline
pp. 43–43 · ≈ 4 min 21Question 23 — Who are the ordinary officers or ministers of Christ in the church, to be always continued therein?
pp. 44–44 · ≈ 5 min 22Question 24 — What are the principal differences between these two sorts of officers or rulers in the church, extraordin
pp. 45–45 · ≈ 5 min 23Question 25 — What is required unto the due constitution of an elder, pastor, or teacher of the church?
pp. 46–48 · ≈ 15 min 24Question 26 — May a person be called to, or be employed in, a part only of the office or work of the ministry; or may he
pp. 49–49 · ≈ 5 min 25Question 27 — What are the principal duties of the pastors or teachers of the church?
pp. 50–50 · ≈ 5 min 26Question 28 — Wherein principally doth the authority of the elders of the church consist?
pp. 51–52 · ≈ 8 min 27Question 29 — What is the duty of the church towards their elders, pastors, or teachers?
pp. 53–53 · ≈ 5 min 28Question 30 — Are there any differences in the office or offices of the guides, rulers, elders, or ministers of the chur
pp. 54–54 · ≈ 4 min 29Question 31 — Are there appointed any elders in the church whose office and duty consist in rule and government only?
pp. 55–56 · ≈ 10 min 30Question 32 — Is there no other ordinary office in the church but only that of elders?
pp. 57–58 · ≈ 9 min 31Question 34 — Wherein consists the general duty of the whole church, and every member thereof, in their proper station a
pp. 59–60 · ≈ 10 min 32Question 35 — Whence do you reckon prayer, which is a part of moral and natural worship, among the institutions of Chris
pp. 61–61 · ≈ 3 min 33Question 37 — Is the constant work of preaching the gospel by the elders of the church necessary?
pp. 62–63 · ≈ 8 min 34Question 42 — Unto whom is the power and administration of this discipline committed by Jesus Christ?
pp. 64–64 · ≈ 5 min 35Question 43 — Wherein doth the exercise of the authority for discipline committed unto the elders of the church consist?
pp. 65–65 · ≈ 5 min 36Question 44 — May the church cast any person out of its communion without previous admonition?
pp. 66–71 · ≈ 26 min 37Question 47 — The preservation of the church in purity, order, and holiness, being provided for, by what way is it to be
pp. 72–72 · ≈ 4 min 38Question 48 — What is required of them who desire to join themselves unto the church?
pp. 73–73 · ≈ 4 min 39Question 49 — What is the duty of the elders of the church towards persons desiring to be admitted unto the fellowship o
pp. 74–75 · ≈ 9 min 40Question 51 — Wherein doth the especial form of a particular church, whereby it becomes such, and is distinguished as su
pp. 76–76 · ≈ 5 min 41Question 52 — Wherein consists the duty of any church of Christ towards other churches?
pp. 77–77 · ≈ 4 min 42Question 53 — What are the ends of all this dispensation and order of things in the church?
pp. 78–88 · ≈ 45 min

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