Dear Tom,

In your defense I will say that I have stumbled over this same quote in a similar way. Since Owen's time we have become accustomed to have "matching lists"--like his 1,2,3 and a,b,c--always go in the same order, but he does what is now unusual, having a tied to 3, b to 2, and c to 1. If you're only skimming* it's easy to make that mistake, and I would guess that's what threw off the transcriber of your source.

But then who can just skim Owen? I needed to read many pages of The Death of Death in the Death of Christ 2 or 3 times "before the lights went on"! That shouldn't discourage anyone from reading him, however; you work up a sweat digging for gold or diamonds, and that's what you get if you take it slow. Certainly the "For Whom Did Christ Die" argument is well worth taking the time to think through, both for strengthening one's own faith and to be able to instruct the immature.

In Christ,
Paul S