THE PURPOSE FOR REPUBLISHING THIS BOOK: Throughout the centuries, God's Words have been under attack. We see it in the book of Genesis when Satan attacked and changed what God said (Genesis 3). Furthermore, the Apostle Paul in the first century A.D. reported the attack on the recorded, inspired Words of God: 2 Corinthians 2:17 (KJV) "For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ." Competent, saved brothers in Christ such as John Owen reported this continuing travesty in the 1600s.
THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK: John Owen was a very competent theologian who defended the inspiration and preservation of Scripture in the same century the King James Bible was translated. For that reason, and many others, it is good for present day scoffers to hear the continued cry through the years that believers need to be careful what Bible they are studying and reading.
THE NEED FOR THIS BOOK: It appears obvious that we are nearing the end of this age, and the return of Christ is near. Because the attacks on God's Words are continuing, the reader needs to recall the last Words of Jesus Christ: Revelation 22:18-21 (KJV) For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. John Owen's book will encourage you to study, read, listen, and apply the truths found in God's preserved Words in English, the King James Bible.
