John Owen on the Lord's Supper

Payne, Jon

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The approach of the Puritans to the Lord's Supper is a comparatively neglected aspect of their heritage. In particular, John Owen's twenty-five sacramental discourses are little known and little read, even among those who value his massive contribution to the understanding and defense of the doctrines of the gospel.

In John Owen on the Lord's Supper, Jon D. Payne has set out to rescue Owen's teaching on the Supper from this neglect. He sets the scene by outlining Owen's life and teaching. He then goes on to examine the development of Reformed teaching on the Supper—especially the part played by Calvin and Peter Martyr Vermigli—before focusing on Owen's Twenty-five Discourses Suitable to the Lord's Supper, delivered between 1669 and 1682, and taken down by hearers.

But the latter part of this volume is occupied by the Discourses themselves. Here the reader will encounter an Owen less concerned to define and defend truth than to comfort and help even the weakest of believers as they come to the Lord's Supper. The great and lasting value of this work comes from Owen's obvious desire to promote 'delight in Christ, thankfulness unto him, and the keeping of his word', in all who partake.

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    Hardcover
  • ISBN
    9780851518725
  • Page Count
    250
  • Publisher
    Banner of Truth
  • Publication Date
    June 2004

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"In the continuing debates over the various sacramental views in the Reformed tradition it is good to get these discourses by John Owen in one Volume. Jon Payne has written an invaluable summary of the various positions and has (in case of the Supper) placed Owen firmly in the tradition of Calvin and Vermigli without necessarily employing Calvins (sometimes) tortuous language. The church is indebted to him for this contribution. This is a timely publication. I warmly commend it."

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About the Author

Rev. Dr. Jon D. Payne was born and raised in Santa Clara, California. He is a graduate of Clemson University (B.A.), Reformed Theological Seminary (M.A.; D.Min) and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), New College (M.Th.). He is minister of Christ Church Presbyterian, a new church plant in Charleston, South Carolina, having previously served as senior pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Douglasville, GA (2003-2013), and is Visiting Lecturer in Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta.

Jon Payne is Series Editor of and contributor to the new Lectio Continua Expository Commentary on the New Testament, the author of John Owen and the Lord’s Supper (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2004), Systematic Expository Preaching: A Historical and Biblical Analysis Demonstrating its Benefits for Both Congregation and Pastor (Doctoral thesis, RTS Jackson, Spring 2004), and In The Splendor of Holiness: Rediscovering the Beauty of Reformed Worship for the 21st Century (Tolle Lege Press, 2008), and co-editor of and contributor to a collection of essays celebrating the 450th anniversary of the Heidelberg Catechism (Reformation Heritage Books, 2012). Dr. Payne is also a frequent contributor to Modern Reformation.

Jon and his wife Marla married in 1998 and have two children, Mary Hannah and Hans.

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The approach of the Puritans to the Lord's Supper is a comparatively neglected aspect of their heritage. In particular, John Owen's twenty-five sacramental discourses are little known and little read, even among those who value his massive contribution to the understanding and defense of the doctrines of the gospel.

In John Owen on the Lord's Supper, Jon D. Payne has set out to rescue Owen's teaching on the Supper from this neglect. He sets the scene by outlining Owen's life and teaching. He then goes on to examine the development of Reformed teaching on the Supper—especially the part played by Calvin and Peter Martyr Vermigli—before focusing on Owen's Twenty-five Discourses Suitable to the Lord's Supper, delivered between 1669 and 1682, and taken down by hearers.

But the latter part of this volume is occupied by the Discourses themselves. Here the reader will encounter an Owen less concerned to define and defend truth than to comfort and help even the weakest of believers as they come to the Lord's Supper. The great and lasting value of this work comes from Owen's obvious desire to promote 'delight in Christ, thankfulness unto him, and the keeping of his word', in all who partake.

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