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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.
Secondly, Here is an intimation in the Word it self of that Relation which the Goodness and Grace of God proposed hath to the blood of Christ; whence it is called Redemption. This, as was showed in the opening of the words, hath respect unto a price, the price whereby we are bought, that is the blood of Christ. This is that whereby way is made for the exercise of mercy towards sinners; Redemption, which properly denotes actual deliverance, is said to be with God, or in him, as the effect in the cause. The causes of it are his own Grace, and the blood of Christ. There are these prepared for the redeeming of Believers from ⟨p. 407⟩sin and trouble, unto his own glory. And herein lieth the encouragement that the Psalmist proposeth unto the performance of the duty exhorted unto; namely, to wait on God. It is taken from God himself, as all encouragements unto sinners to draw nigh unto him, and to wait for him, must be. Nothing but himself can give us confidence to go unto him. And it is suited unto the state and condition of the soul under consideration. Redemption and Mercy are suited to give relief from sin and misery.
Secondly, Here is an intimation in the Word it self of that Relation which the Goodness and Grace of God proposed hath to the blood of Christ; whence it is called Redemption. This, as was shewed in the opening of the words, hath respect unto a price, the price whereby we are bought, that is the blood of Christ. This is that whereby way is made for the exercise of mercy towards sinners; Redemption, which properly denotes actual deliverance, is said to be with God, or in him, as the effect in the cause. The causes of it are his own Grace, and the blood of Christ. There are these prepared for the redeeming of Believers from ⟨p. 407⟩sin and trouble, unto his own glory. And herein lyeth the incouragement that the Psalmist proposeth unto the performance of the duty exhorted unto; namely, to wait on God. It is taken from God himself, as all incouragements unto sinners to draw nigh unto him, and to wait for him, must be. Nothing but himself can give us confidence to go unto him. And it is suited unto the state and condition of the soul under consideration. Redemption and Mercy are suited to give relief from sin and misery.