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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.
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⟩For though they are now supposed to have lost the comforting light of the Spirit; yet they never loose the sanctifying light of the Spirit; the light whereby they are enabled to discern spiritual things in a spiritual manner, this never utterly departs from them. By this they see sin to be exceeding sinful, Rom. 7. 13. By this they know the terror of the Lord, 2 Cor. 15. 11. And that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Heb. 10. 31. By this they discover the excellency of the love of God in Christ, which passeth knowledge, the present sense whereof they have lost. By this they are enabled to look within the veil, and to take a view of the blessed consolations which the Saints enjoy, whose communion with God was never interrupted. This represents to them all the sweetness, pleasure, Joy, Peace, which in former days they had whilst God was present with them in Love: By this, are they taught to value all the fruits of the blood of Jesus Christ, of the enjoyment of many whereof they are at present cut short and deprived. All which, with other things of the like nature and importance make them very sensible of their concernments.
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⟩For though they are now supposed to have lost the comforting light of the Spirit; yet they never loose the sanctifying light of the Spirit; the light whereby they are enabled to discern spiritual things in a spiritual manner, this never utterly departs from them. By this they see sin to be exceeding sinfull, Rom. 7. 13. By this they know the terror of the Lord, 2 Cor. 15. 11. And that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, Heb. 10. 31. By this they discover the excellency of the love of God in Christ, which passeth knowledge, the present sense whereof they have lost. By this they are enabled to look within the vail, and to take a view of the blessed consolations which the Saints enjoy, whose communion with God was never interrupted. This represents to them all the sweetness, pleasure, Joy, Peace, which in former dayes they had whilst God was present with them in Love: By this, are they taught to value all the fruits of the blood of Jesus Christ, of the enjoyment of many whereof they are at present cut short and deprived. All which, with other things of the like nature and importance make them very sensible of their concernments.