A53721:1035
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
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.
Having thus opened the Words, I shall now only name the doctrinal Observations that are tendered from them, and so put a close to these Discourses. As, Obs. 1. The Lord Jehovah is the only hope for sin-distressed souls; Hope in the Lord: This hath been sufficiently discovered and confirmed on sundry passages in the Psalm. Obs. 2. The Ground of all hope and Expectation of relief in sinners, is mere Grace, Mercy, and Redemption. Hope in the Lord, for with him there is Redemption. All other grounds of hope are false and deceiving. Obs. 3. Inexhaustible stores of Mercy, and Redemption are needful for the encouragement of sinners to rest and wait on God. With him is plentiful Redemption. Such is your misery, so pressing are your fears and disconsolations, that nothing less than boundless Grace, can relieve or support you; there are therefore such Treasures and stores in God as are suited hereunto. With him is Plenteous Redemption. ⟨p. 410⟩Obs. 4. The Ground of all the dispensation of Mercy, Goodness, Grace, and forgiveness which is in God to Sinners, is laid in the blood of Christ. Hence it is here called Redemption. Unto this also we have spoken at large before. Obs. 5. All that wait on God on the account of Mercy and Grace shall have an undoubted Issue of peace. He shall redeem Israel; let him saith God lay hold of my Arm, that he may have peace, and he shall have peace, Isa. 27. 3. Obs. 6. Mercy given to them that wait on God shall in the close and issue, be every way full and satisfying. He shall redeem his people from all their Iniquities.
Having thus opened the Words, I shall now only name the doctrinal Observations that are tendred from them, and so put a close to these Discourses. As, Obs. 1. The Lord Jehovah is the only hope for sin-distressed souls; Hope in the Lord: This hath been sufficiently discovered and confirmed on sundry passages in the Psalm. Obs. 2. The Ground of all hope and Expectation of relief in sinners, is meer Grace, Mercy, and Redemption. Hope in the Lord, for with him there is Redemption. All other grounds of hope are false and deceiving. Obs. 3. Inexhaustible stores of Mercy, and Redemption are needful for the incouragement of sinners to rest and wait on God. With him is plentiful Redemption. Such is your misery, so pressing are your fears and disconsolations, that nothing less than boundless Grace, can relieve or support you; there are therefore such Treasures and stores in God as are suited hereunto. With him is Plenteous Redemption.