{"product_id":"1691-john-owen-meditations-on-the-glory-of-christ-first-edition-early-american-provenance","title":"1691 JOHN OWEN. Meditations on the Glory of Christ. His Death-Bed Thoughts on the Excellence of Jesus.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published post-humously in 1684,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e this rare 1691 edition printed for Benjamin Alsop (\"B.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\") represents the scarce second standalone printing of John Owen’s final work,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e before later posthumous additions were appended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecognized as the \"Prince of Divines\" and the preeminent theologian of English Puritanism,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this volume stands as the mature culmination of his theology,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e translating his robust Christology into personal,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e experimental divinity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Dictated during his final months of failing health as a personal preparation for eternity,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the text functioned as Owen's deathbed testimony,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offering a deeply tender,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Christocentric meditation on contemplating the Redeemer's glory by faith as the supreme source of earthly consolation and heavenly assurance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis the copy of \u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eReverend John Wade, a colonial New England Non-Conformist born in Ipswich,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Massachusetts,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in February 1674\/5, son \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Colonel Thomas Wade. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe pursued his education at Harvard College,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e graduating in 1693 when the institution functioned primarily as a seminary for training Puritan ministers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Following his graduation,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he entered the clergy and relocated to the frontier settlement of Berwick,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Maine,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e where he served as a garrison chaplain and preached to the local populace before a formal church was fully established.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis ministry was marked by orthodox Calvinist theology and the ecclesiastical framework characteristic of the early Puritan settlers into the turn of the eighteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e On September 3,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1696,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e he married Elizabeth Gerrish,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with whom he had at least two children,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e John and Sarah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e His life and career were cut short when he died relatively young on November 13,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1703,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at the age of twenty-nine in Berwick,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Maine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot a solitary example in the auction record. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwen, John. Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ, in His Person, Office, and Grace: with The Differences between Faith and Sight. Applied unto the Use of them that Believe. London. Printed for B. A. and are to be Sold by most Book-Sellers in London, 1691. 220pp. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eText block very good, crisp, and clean, but the whole in need of resewing and rebinding.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68061476716580,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/11-11-2026SpecsFineBooks-5.jpg?v=1794436145","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1691-john-owen-meditations-on-the-glory-of-christ-first-edition-early-american-provenance","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}