ABSTRACT
Despite the burgeoning field of Owen studies since the reprinting of his Works by The Banner of Truth Trust in 1965, many aspects of John Owen’s thought remain unstudied and overlooked. While there are important secondary works there is only scant material within books and chapters on unrelated subjects devoted to his liturgical theology. For example, with regards to his important post-ejection liturgical treatise published in 1662, A Discourse Concerning Liturgies, and Their Imposition (hereafter, Discourse Concerning Liturgies), only brief references to this treatise exist within several books and essays on other subjects.1 Further, concerning his overall liturgical theology, several books make mention of the Discourse Concerning Liturgies, but only in a brief way.2 An early example of this was in 1904, when James Moffatt wrote of Owen’s liturgical theology against Archbishop laud’s innovations as being rooted in two principles: spiritual worship and liberty
of conscience. yet this was as much as he said. in journals there is likewise a dearth of material.4
