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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 1, 2 › Section
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.
In the Application it self, may be observed,
First, The Anthropopathy of the Expression. He prays that God would cause his ears to be attentive: after the manner of men who seriously attend to what is spoken to them, when they turn aside from that which they regard not.
First, The Anthropopathy of the Expression. He prayes that God would cause his ears to be attentive: after the manner of men who seriously attend to what is spoken to them, when they turn aside from that which they regard not.
Secondly, The Earnestness of the soul in the work it hath in hand, which is evident both from the Reduplication of his request, Lord hear my voice, let thine ears be attentive to my voice, and the Emphaticalness of the words he maketh use of. Let thine ears saith he, be [Greek or Hebrew] Diligently Attentive. The word signifies the most diligent heedfulness and close attention; let thine ears be very attentive; and unto what; [Greek or Hebrew] to the voice of my supplications: deprecationum mearum generally say Interpreters; of my Deprecations; or earnest prayers for the averting of evil, or punishment. But the word is from [Greek or Hebrew] Gratiosus suit; to be gracious or merciful; so that it signifies properly supplications for grace. Be attentive, saith he, O Lord, unto my supplications for grace and mercy, which according to my extreme necessity, I now address my self to make ⟨p. 31⟩unto thee. And in these words doth the Psalmist set forth in general the frame and working of a gracious soul, being cast into depths and darkness by sin.
Secondly, The Earnestness of the soul in the work it hath in hand, which is evident both from the Reduplication of his request, Lord hear my voyce, let thine ears be attentive to my voyce, and the Emphaticalness of the words he maketh use of. Let thine ears saith he, be Diligently Attentive. The word signifies the most diligent heedfulness and close attention; let thine ears be very attentive; and unto what; to the voice of my supplications: deprecationum mearum generally say Interpreters; of my Deprecations; or earnest prayers for the averting of evil, or punishment. But the word is from Gratiosus suit; to be gracious or merciful; so that it signifies properly supplications for grace. Be attentive, saith he, O Lord, unto my supplications for grace and mercy, which according to my extream necessity, I now address my self to make