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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.
when deep calleth unto deep, and one trouble excites and sharpens another: Nothing then will support them, they know, but that which is wanting to them; as Hab. 3. 17, 18. Psal. 23. 4. So that the greatness of their concernment, provokes them to the earnestness mentioned.
Secondly, They have a deep sense of these their great concernments. All men are equally concerned in the Love of God, and pardon of sin. Every one hath a soul of the same immortal constitution, equally capable of bliss and woe. But yet we see most men are so stupidly sottish, that they take little notice of these things. Neither the guilt of sin, nor the wrath of God, nor death, nor Hell, are thought on or esteemed by them; they are their concernments, but they are not sensible of them. But gracious souls, have a quick living sense of spiritual things. For,
Secondly, They have a deep sense of these their great concernments. All men are equally concerned in the Love of God, and pardon of sin. Every one hath a soul of the same immortal constitution, equally capable of bliss and wo. But yet we see most men are so stupidly sottish, that they take little notice of these things. Neither the guilt of sin, nor the wrath of God, nor death, nor Hell, are thought on or esteemed by them; they are their concernments, but they are not sensible of them. But gracious souls, have a quick living sense of spiritual things. For,
First, They have a saving spiritual light whereby they are able to discern the true nature of sin, and the terror of the Lord. ⟨p. 39⟩