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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.
Among the Saints themselves I could produce instances to manifest that they have found it to be thus. The cases of Job, David, Heman are known. I shall only consider it in Christ himself. From himself he had no occasion of any discouraging thought; being holy, harmless, undefiled. He fulfilled all Righteousness, did his Fathers will in all things, and abode in his Love. This must needs be attended with the highest peace, and most blessed Joy. In the very entrance of his trials, he had a full persuasion of a comfortable issue and success; as we may see, Isa. 50. 7, 8. But yet when his soul was exercised with thoughts of Gods marking our iniquities upon him, it was sorrowful unto the death. He was amazed and very heavy, Mark 14. 33. His Agony, his bloody sweat, his strong cries and supplications, his reiterated prayers, if it be possible let this cup pass from me, his last dreadful cry, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, all manifest what apprehensions he had, of what it was for God to mark iniquities. Well may poor sinners cry out, Lord who shall stand? when the Son of God himself, so trembled under the weight of it.
Among the Saints themselves I could produce instances to manifest that they have found it to be thus. The cases of Job, David, Heman are known. I shall only consider it in Christ himself. From himself he had no occasion of any discouraging thought; being holy, harmless, undefiled. He fulfilled all Righteousness, did his Fathers will in all things, and abode in his Love. This must needs be attended with the highest peace, and most blessed Joy. In the very entrance of his tryals, he had a full perswasion of a comfortable issue and success; as we may see, Isa. 50. 7, 8. But yet when his soul was exercised with thoughts of Gods marking our iniquities upon him, it was sorrowful unto the death. He was amazed and very heavy, Mark 14. 33. His Agony, his bloody sweat, his strong cryes and supplications, his reiterated prayers, if it be possible let this cup pass from me, his last dreadful cry, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, all manifest what apprehensions he had, of what it was for God to mark iniquities. Well may poor sinners cry out, Lord who shall stand? when the Son of God himself, so trembled under the weight of it.