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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. › Verse 3 › 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.
There is yet a general proposition lying in the words, that we may make use of in our passage; and it is this, Gods marking of iniquities, and mans salvation are everlastingly inconsistent. I mean his marking them in the persons of the sinners, for the ends before mentioned.
Of some of these I shall farther treat, according as the handling of them conduceth to the purpose in hand.
That which I shall begin withal, is that which was first laid down about the effects of serious thoughts concerning Gods marking sin according to the tenor of the Law; which as I said, is the first thing that presents it self unto a sin entangled soul in its addresses unto God.
But this shall not pass alone. I shall draw the two first Observations into one, and make use of the first only in the confirmation of the other; which will express the sense of the words ⟨p. 48⟩absolutely considered. The third and fourth will lead us on in the progress of the soul, towards the relief sought after, and proposed. That therefore which first is to be insisted on, comes up to this Proposition. In a sin perplexed souls addresses unto God, the first thing that presents it self unto him is, Gods marking of sin according to the Tenor of the Law, which of its self is apt to fill the soul with dread and terror.