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A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm
A practical exposition on the 130th Psalm wherein the nature of the forgiveness of sin is declared, the truth and reality of it asserted, and the case of a soul distressed with the guilt of sin and relieved by a discovery of forgiveness with God is at large discoursed / by John Owen.
London: printed by Robert White for Nathaniel Ponder, 1669
AN EXPOSITION UPON PSALM CXXX. › General Scope of the whole Psalm. › Verses 7, 8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. The duty it self, is hoping in Jehovah, with such an hope or trust, as hath an expectation of relief joined with it. And there are two things included in this duty, 1. The Renunciation of any hopes in expectation of deliverance either from sin or trouble, any other way; hope in Jehovah; this is frequently expressed, where the performance of this duty is mentioned; see Hos. 14. 3. Jer. 3. 22, 23. And we have declared the nature of it in the exposition of the 1, and 2. verses. 2. Expectation from him; and this also hath been insisted on in the Observations from the verses immediately preceding, wherein also the whole nature of this duty was explained, and directions were given for the due performance of it.
2. The duty it self, is hoping in Jehovah, with such an hope or trust, as hath an expectation of relief joyned with it. And there are two things included in this duty, 1. The Renuntiation of any hopes in expectation of deliverance either from sin or trouble, any other way; hope in Jehovah; this is frequently expressed, where the performance of this duty is mentioned; see Hos. 14. 3. Jer. 3. 22, 23. And we have declared the nature of it in the exposition of the 1, and 2. verses. 2. Expectation from him; and this also hath been insisted on in the Observations from the verses immediately preceding, wherein also the whole nature of this duty was explained, and directions were given for the due performance of it.
Secondly, The encouragement tendered unto this duty, is the ⟨p. 406⟩next thing in the words; for with the Lord is plenteous Redemption; wherein we may observe,