Collected Writings of John Murray

Volume 2: Systematic Theology

Author

John Murray

Category Collected Works/Sets, Theology Books

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Weight	1.8 lbs
Dimensions	9.5 × 6.5 × 1.5 in
ISBN	9780851512426
Binding	Cloth-bound
Topic	Assurance, Atonement, Justification, Man & Sin, Salvation, The Church, Sanctification
Original Pub Date	1977
Banner Pub Date	Oct 1, 1977
Page Count	428
Format	Book

Book Description

Although John Murray was teaching theology at Princeton in 1929 such was his slowness to go into print that it was not until the 1950’s that his first books appeared. The reason lay in his high view of the responsibilities of Christian authorship, and even when his works were being acclaimed as ‘exegesis of the highest rank’ he declined the advice of those who urged him to publish his work in systematic theology. Instead, from the store of manuscript material, he was giving close attention to certain themes which had come to possess a special interest for him The revision of his manuscripts on these themes constituted the greater part of his literary work over the last ten years of his life, with the most beneficial results for the present volume.

Volume 2 of his Collected Writings thus provides virtually John Murray’s own selection from his articles and lectures in systematic theology. In it will be found definitive treatments of subjects upon which, in the judgement of many, he advanced the frontiers of reformed theology and gave fresh elucidation of biblical truth. This is most evident in the chapters on Adamic Administration and Definitive Sanctification, but the seed-thoughts of further insight are also clearly evident in many other places.

The arrangement is in seven sections which deal comprehensively with the themes of Man, Common Grace, Christ and Redemption (2 sections), Sanctification , Church and Sacraments, and the Last Things. To the author’s own selection the publishers have added material from his class lectures. None of the 36 chapters has previously appeared in any of John Murray’s volumes.

Extract

Definitive and Progressive Sanctification

Table of Contents Expand ↓

		Page
	Preface	vii
	I
1	The Origin of Man	3
2	The Nature of Man	14
3	Trichotomy	23
4	Man in the Image of God	34
5	The Adamic Administration	47
6	Free Agency	60
7	The Fall of Man	67
8	The Nature of Sin	77
9	Inability	83
	II
10	Common Grace	93
	III
11	The Plan of Salvation	123
12	The Person of Christ	132
13	The Atonement	142
14	The Obedience of Christ	151
	IV
15	The Call	161
16	Regeneration	167
17	Justification	202
18	Adoption	223
19	Faith	235
20	The Assurance of Faith	264
	V
21	Definitive Sanctification	277
22	The Agency in Definitive Sanctification	285
23	Progressive Sanctification	294
24	The Pattern of Sanctification	305
25	The Goal of Sanctification	313
	VI
26	The Nature and Unity of the Church	321
27	The Government of the Church	336
28	The Form of Government	345
29	Arguments against Term Eldership	351
30	Office in the Church	357
31	The Sacraments	366
32	Baptism	370
33	The Lord’s Supper	376
34	Restricted Communion	381
	VII
35	The Interadventual Period and the Advent: Matthew 24 and 25	387
36	The Last Things	401

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Donovan Strohbehn – May 31, 2025

John Murray’s work here on definitive sanctification is so refreshing and spot on. Our identity in Christ, our being, makes us sanctified and holy, set apart as a child of God, born of the spirit, justified unto eternal life now in spirit and completed in body at our future resurrection. Romans 6, which he highlights is the gospel in us and that is the resurrection power that we fight the power of sin and the flesh with in victory every day. As a born again Christian of 50 years this teaching is refreshing everyday as I consider who I am in Christ, alive from the dead, ready to serve my Savior each day, growing in knowledge and love, sanctification of walk/obedience.
Blessings.